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Due to tight restrictions in neighboring states, as well as cost issues, thousands of women come from out of state to have abortions in Georgia. There were 30,013 legal abortions in 2014, and 31,009 in 2015. 14.5% of all abortions carried out in 2015 were for out of state residents. [11] There is an active abortion rights movement in the state.
In fact, fourteen state DOCs have no official written abortion policies, and others simply will not release or publish their policies. Alaska has a provision which bans abortion funding in its policy on general medical services, but no specific policy guidelines on abortion. Other states may not define the exact type of abortions they pay for. [10]
Chicago Abortion Fund, providing medical referrals and funds to low-income women in need of safe abortion services; Feminist Women's Health Center, based in Atlanta, Georgia; Jane Collective, an underground abortion provider based in Chicago; Maine Women's Lobby, dedicated to legislative action on behalf of women and girls in Maine
Abortion is still legal in Georgia, with a law that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.. The exact point in a pregnancy at which abortion is no longer legal will vary from person to ...
The Georgia Supreme Court Monday reinstated Georgia’s six-week abortion ban while the state appeals last week’s Fulton County Superior Court decision declaring the law unconstitutional.
(Reuters) -Georgia's highest court reinstated a ban on nearly all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy on Monday while it considers the U.S. state's appeal of last week's ruling by a lower ...
New York state Senator Alessandra Biaggi has proposed a bill that allows the option for taxpayers in New York to contribute to the abortion access fund on their tax forms. This essentially helps create more access to abortion in the state. [152] 2024 New York Proposition 1 was on the ballot in November 2024, and passed.
Georgia’s Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s ruling from earlier this week that struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Attorney General Chris Carr’s office is ...