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ancianita

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Sat May 14, 2022, 12:43 PM May 2022

The States That Have Made It Virtually Impossible to Get an Abortion Now [View all]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/strict-abortion-laws-roe-wade-heartbeat/

... Republicans politicians have passed abortion bans left and right this year, setting reproductive rights back nearly half a century: In the first four months of this year alone, lawmakers across 42 states introduced a grand total of 536 bills restricting access to abortions—86 of which effectively banned abortion outright...

...Currently, there are eight states that have either banned or are attempting to ban abortions a maximum of 15 weeks after a pregnancy.


Arizona -- Ducey signed a bill that goes into effect in late June
Florida -- DeSantis signed a bill that goes into effect July 1
Idaho -- state supreme court block, still allow argument from ID politicians
Mississippi -- in SCOTUS, decision due in June
Oklahoma -- Stitt signed a bill that goes into effect in August
South Dakota -- Noem signed a bill that is tied up in court, won't go into effect until injunction is lifted
Texas -- Abbott signed the bounty law on all abortion parties who could be sued by anyone anywhere
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