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The Women's Health Protection Act is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives, aimed at expanding abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). It was first introduced in 2013 by Congresswoman Judy Chu and sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost believes that some restrictions that had been passed before the amendment took effect are still constitutional, [168] and abortion providers are not performing abortions after 22 weeks after last menstrual period in compliance with existing law, even though other states define viability as 24 weeks LMP.
The amendment would have enshrined a right to abortion in the Florida Constitution before fetal viability (generally considered to be between 23 and 24 weeks gestational age) and nullified then-existing statutes such as the Heartbeat Protection Act. It would have also permitted abortion after viability (23 weeks to birth) for any reason a ...
The state's ballot initiative would bar restrictions on abortion before fetal viability and would include exceptions past that point for “the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s ...
Abortion is going to remain a major issue in politics, policy and the courts in the U.S. in 2024, even though most of the states that were expected to impose restrictions have already done so. The ...
When Roe v.Wade was overturned in June 2022, many people were aware that it would impact reproductive care for women across the country. A year and a half later, at least 14 states have banned ...
The Hyde Amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. [13] [14] Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds. [15]
In the 2 years since the Dobbs decision, 41 states have adopted abortion restrictions of some sort. Eleven of those states restricted abortion at the stage of fetal viability as defined in Roe v ...