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With theSupreme Court deciding to overturn the 1973Roe v. Wadedecisionthat constitutionally guaranteed the right to abortion, at least a dozen states will soon fully ban people from getting the procedure.
In the opinion, released June 24, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that “Roewas egregiously wrong from the start,” and it “must be overruled.”
He continued to say that “it is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
Many conservative-led states had already put in place restrictions on who can have an abortion andat which stage of pregnancy. And now, withRoeoverturned, more Americans will soon be barred from abortions. The above map shows where.
There are 13 states — Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming — that have so-called “trigger bans” in place that will outlaw abortions within the next month,according to the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit research institute focused on reproductive health and rights. Missouri has already gone ahead and enacted theirs earlier today.
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Another five states — Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia and Wisconsin — had state bans on abortions in place beforeRoeestablished the nationwide right to abortion in 1973, and the could all enforce them again now that the case is overturned. And three more — Georgia, Iowa, and South Carolina — have passed bans or extreme limits on abortion thatcould go into effect. Florida also recently passed a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but it is not set to take effect until July.
As of late Friday afternoon,Ohio Attorney General Dave Yostannounced that the state’s Heartbeat Bill, which criminalizes all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected – around 6 weeks into a pregnancy, per theCincinnati Enquirer– is now the law.
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The Guttmacher Institute also identifies Indiana, Montana and Nebraska as states that are likely to restrict abortion withRoeoverturned based on the political leanings of the legislators currently in office.
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The above map shows other state restrictions on when people can get an abortion that were put in place beforeRoewas overturned. Though theRoedecision had guaranteed the right to an abortion up to 23 weeks of pregnancy, 20 states had already banned the procedure before that mark.
Mississippi had banned abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Florida and Kentucky have passed similar legislation, which were set to take effect later this summer.
Another 14 states had bans on abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy — just slightly ahead of whatRoeguaranteed.
The remaining 30 states have either bans on abortions after 24 or 25 weeks of pregnancy, after the fetus is viable for life or they have no restrictions at all.
source: people.com
