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A waiting period is the period of time between when an action is requested or mandated and when it occurs. [1]In the United States, the term is commonly used in reference to gun control, abortion and marriage licences, as some U.S. states require a person to wait for a set number of days after buying or reserving a firearm from a dealer before actually taking possession of it, a woman waiting ...
Amendment No. 2: Require 48-hour waiting period for final vote on budget bills A vote for would: Require lawmakers to wait at least 48 hours to review proposed amendments to bills appropriating ...
(3) It is constitutional to impose a 48-hour waiting period. Court membership; Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy: Case opinions; Majority
A mandatory 72-hour waiting period between an initial abortion consultation and the abortion procedure. The state’s informed consent requirement, which includes access to the state’s informed ...
Ohioans didn't vote on Issue 1 to eliminate a 24-hour waiting period before abortions, Attorney General Dave Yost's office argues in a new filing.
Abortion is illegal in Georgia after 5 or 6 weeks [47] from LMP (on average, 1 to 2 weeks after a missed period), not counting a 24-hour waiting period. Parental notification is required for minors under the age of 18. [48]
A Michigan judge on Tuesday blocked the state from enforcing a 24-hour mandatory waiting period before receiving an abortion, among other components.
In 1982, Pennsylvania passed the Abortion Control Act, which imposed a 24-hour waiting period and required that prospective patients be provided with information (such as the probable stage of the patient's pregnancy, the availability of child welfare benefits, and the possibility of receiving child support from the patient's sexual partner) as part of the "informed consent" process prior to ...