The expected vote on a so-called "heartbeat" abortion ban in Georgia is just one of a growing number of abortion restrictions that may become law this year.In fact, more than 250 bills restricting abortion have been filed in 41 states since the start of 2019, according to a new report issued by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research group initially formed under Planned Parenthood that has been operating separately for years.While some legislators have been working to restrict abortion access since the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that codified the right to abortion in 1973, the rate at which restrictive laws have been filed in recent years has picked up.Specifically, there has been an increase in the number of so-called "heartbeat" bans, where abortions are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Opponents of these bills point out that in some cases, women may not know they are pregnant by six weeks, and therefore are unable to obtain an abortion before such laws ban them.Between 2011 and the end of 2018, two states -- North Dakota and Iowa -- signed six-week abortion bans into law, but in the first three months of 2019, an additional two states -- Kentucky and Mississippi -- have already signed similar bills into law according to Elizabeth Nash, the senior state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute.
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29 Mart 2019 - 16:25
41 states have tried to pass abortion restrictions this year, as Georgia votes on a new ban: Report
The expected vote on a so-called "heartbeat" abortion ban in Georgia is just one of a growing number of abortion restrictions that may become law this year.
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29 Mart 2019 - 16:25