Explained: What are the abortion laws in UK and the punishments for breaking them?A mother-of-three has been sentenced for carrying out an abortion of her baby after the legal limit under a law that dates back to 1861. It's prompted calls for the law to change....
Abortion laws in Latin America show what the US could look like in a world without Roe v. WadeGrace Panetta
Courts:While the Legislature is the primary authority on abortion, judges play an important role in clarifying grey areas lawmakers may not have anticipated. Lower court judges and members of the state Supreme Court are elected in Texas for four or six-year terms. The president also indirectly...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs called for the immediate repeal of an Arizona law from 1864 that effectively bans all abortion in the state except when a woman’s life is at stake. The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the state may enforce the long-dormant law. ...
Depending on what state they're in and what the local laws are, their case may be reviewed by a clinician in the U.S. working for Aid Access, or by Gomperts herself in Europe. If the person is a candidate for a medication abortion and in a state with abortion restrictions that l...
In January 1973, presiding Chief Justice Harry Blackmun delivered a 7-2 decision for the majority of the court in favour of “Jane Roe.” Justice Blackmun’s opinion stated that “the restrictive criminal abortion laws in effect in a majority of States today are of relatively recent vintage....
Truth is important because it helps you understand what is real.In the absence of truth there is illusion, thelies told by the father of lies(Satan). There is a War for Your Mind Has the Whole World Gone Mad? . There are those people in our society that will mock anybody that claims...
Medical abortion is subject to the same laws as other types of abortion. Restrictions vary by state. Abortion doctors are required to follow the laws of the states where they’re licensed to practice medicine. If they break those laws, they could risk losing their license and possibly face cr...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard-bearer in the lead-up to his 2024 presidential announcement. With the help of GOP supermajorities in the statehouse, the Republican has been able to push through an aggressive agen
In the 1988 case R. v. Morgentaler, the Supreme Court overturned Canada’s existing ban on abortion and called on the House of Commons to draft a revised law. The subsequent bill, put together by the government of Brian Mulroney, legalized abortions only in instances where the health of ...