Meanwhile, states that scored the lowest in the Best States for Gender Equality, including Idaho, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and Utah, have either severely restricted or banned abortion completely since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, although some restrictions have been temporarily blocke...
have banned or limited abortion. the number of patients traveling to other states to get an abortion has doubled since 2020, reaching nearly one in five, according to research published in december by the pro-reproductive rights guttmacher institute. the restrictions have also accelerated the use...
Five of the nine states that have banned all abortions rank among the 10 worst states for overall child well-being (ranks of 41 through 50),according to the Population Reference Bureau, a nonpartisan research organization. In 10 of the 13 states with abortion bans, at leas...
voters inmany states resoundinglyelected officials who stood for abortion rightsover those who vowed to enact restrictions. Yet, state lawmakers elsewhere implementeddraconian abortion bansthat would have been unconstitutional under
If Abortion Were Banned, and This Mom Had Died, How Is That Pro-Life?
Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, states could impose certain restrictions as long as the right to an abortion remained intact. Legislators in predominantly Republican states such as Texas tended to pass bills putting limits on abortion, many of which have resulted in legal challenges and small...
6 As of June 2023, 14 states have banned abortion completely, and only 5 states have no restrictions.1 In other states, the legality of abortion is determined by the number of weeks of pregnancy. As a pharmacist, it’s crucial to stay up-to-date with...
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision in 2022 overturned what most women believed was settled law – the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision – establishing a constitutional right to abortion. Since Dobbs, many states – especially in the South and Midwest – have banned abortions for any reason...
While India is now the most populous nation in the world, a March 2023 UNESCOreport, ‘Sexuality Education in India Yet Remains a Taboo,’ shows that many smaller, underdeveloped countries, such as Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Sudan have more robust sex education programmes t...
abortion to LGBTQ rights and voting access. Of the 25 Trump states,18 have banned or restricted abortion,24 have prohibitedtransgender girls from participating in high school sports,24 allow residentsto carry concealed weapons without a permit,and 20 rank among the stateswhere local laws make it...