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In the report, researchers called pregnancy criminalization “nothing new.” Pregnancy Justice and other groups have recorded more than 1,800 cases of pregnancy-related charges from 1973 to 2022 ...
Methotrexate is the most commonly used medication to treat ectopic pregnancy, according to the American College of Obstetrician-Gynecologists, and it is strictly regulated in Texas under Senat e ...
The Texas Legislature banned abortion care as early as five weeks into pregnancy in September 2021, nearly a year before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — the case that protected a ...
In May 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as SB 8, into law. The law banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected, and allowed private citizens in Texas to sue anyone who helps someone obtain such an abortion. The law took effect in September of that year.
Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 3755: June 8, 2021 Judy Chu (D-CA) 215 Cloture not invoked (46-48). S. 1975: June 8, 2021 Richard Blumenthal(D-CT) 47 Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction. Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 H.R. 8296: June 7, 2022 Judy Chu (D-CA) 3 Passed the House (219-210). S. 4132: May 3, 2022 Richard ...
The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is an act of the Texas Legislature that bans abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, which normally occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy. The law took effect on September 1, 2021, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for emergency relief from Texas ...
(Reuters) -A state court judge on Monday blocked a Georgia law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, finding it violated the rights to privacy and liberty guaranteed by the state ...
2021 – In January 2021, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act into law, preserving the legal right to obtain an abortion, fulfilling a reelection campaign promise. [262] 2021 – A law went into effect in Indiana mandating an ultrasound 18 hours or more before an abortion is performed. [263]