” said Ianthe Metzger, director of state media campaigns for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, one of the most prominent advocates of abortion access rights. “It wasn’t really surprising but it was alarming.”
“We have a storm to weather,” said Elizabeth Nash, state policy analyst for the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. “We have to weather the storm so that in the future — five, 10, 15 years from now — we’re talking about how we managed to ...
State-by-state abortion laws cause new complications 03:38 Share this - Copied The consequences of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade have been far reaching. Law professor Michele Goodwin joined American voices to discuss new obstacles people are facing to get access to the procedure. Inc...
” said Ianthe Metzger, director of state media campaigns for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, one of the most prominent advocates of abortion access rights. “It wasn’t really surprising but it was alarming.”
The right to an abortion is protected by state law and constitution. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said, though, the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause "renewed conversation" on the issue of abortion rights in the state. ArizonaA pre-Roe v. Wade law bans abortions except when the mother's...
As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense.
Abortions are allowed throughout pregnancy, though that policy is not legally protected. The state Supreme Court has not recognized a right to abortion under the state Constitution, though it has used the state's Equal Rights Amendment to strike down restrictions on Medicaid abortion coverage. ...
Wade, blocking the state from enforcing the law. In 2018, voters agreed to amend the Alabama Constitution to say the state recognizes the “rights of unborn children” and “does not protect the right to an abortion or require the funding of abortion.” A 1951 law made it a crime, ...
Thirteen states hadtrigger bans,laws that were written to take effect either immediately, by state official certification or after a 30-day waiting period, ifRoeis overturned. Once they go into effect, these laws supersede other laws the state may have on the books, such as bans after a se...
Last year, voters decided to amend the state constitution to prohibit the state from denying or interfering with a woman's "reproductive freedom." Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Womens March L.A. on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. ...