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The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
The state-by-state patchwork of abortion laws arose in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , which for a half century guaranteed a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
This color-coded map illustrates the current legal status of elective-specific abortion procedures in each of the individual states, U.S. territories, and federal district. [a] A colored border indicates a more stringent restriction or ban that is blocked by legal injunction.
Ohio was the only state in 2023 to consider a statewide constitutional right to abortion. [ 66 ] Issue 1 was written to undo a 2019 trigger law , which was triggered by Dobbs , banning all abortion after six weeks — a so-called heartbeat law — with no exceptions for rape or incest; it included language that allowed Ohioans to "make and ...
The state of abortion rights has been upended by the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . As of Nov. 6, more than a dozen states have banned abortions or no longer have ...
The Guttmacher Institute has created an interactive map showing how far people may have to travel for an abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court significantly weakens or overturns landmark abortion ...
Ohio abortion providers aren't performing abortions after 22 weeks. Patients must wait 24 hours after their first visit to obtain the pills or have a procedure. A dispute over using telemedicine ...
As of April 14, 2022, nine governors have signed abortion restrictions into law this year, a dozen states have passed such legislation in at least one chamber, and such legislation has been active ...