Nearly 99% of abortions occur before 21 weeks, but when they are needed later in pregnancy, it’s often in very complex circumstances. For example, severe fetal anomalies and serious risks to the woman’s health — the kind of situations where a woman and her doctor need every medical option available.
Problems:
- Texas May Owe Abortion Providers’ Lawyers $4.5 Million
- Bans have been challenged and struck down in twenty states
Solutions:
- Performed by a licensed physician (similar to 38 states)
- Prohibit after 20 weeks unless life or health endangered (similar to 14 states)
- Prohibit after 24 weeks unless life or health endangered (similar to 8 states)
- Allow until viability (similar to 19 states)
- Continue partial public funding for life endangerment, rape and incest (similar to 32 states)
- Repeal counseling on breast cancer, fetal pain or negative psychological effects (similar to 48 states)
- Repeal the waiting period after counseling (similar to 20 states)
Alternatives:
Slate – Second Trimester Abortion Polls Even Pro Choice Support 20 week ban
538 – Maps of Access to Abortion by State
Texas Tribune – Texas May Owe Abortion Providers’ Lawyers $4.5 Million
Texas Tribune – U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Abortion Restrictions
Washington Post – Abortion laws by state
Alternet – 10 states where abortion is virtually illegal for some women
Kaiser Family Foundation – State Ultrasound Requirements in Abortion Procedure
Slate – Women in Texas have to drive hundreds of miles to reach an abortion clinic
Pew – On abortion, persistent divides between – and within – the two parties
Guttmacher Institute – An Overview of Abortion Laws
Think Progress – The states that siphon welfare money to stop abortion
Texas Monthly – Texas’s HB2 Abortion Law Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
Planned Parenthood – 20 Week Bans
ACLU – Abortion Bans: In the States
ACLU – Case Summaries: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Ban on Abortion Methods
USA Today – Oklahoma bill likely unconstitutional: Experts
NPR – Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Unconstitutional, Federal Court Says
New York Times – Abortion Restrictions in States
Kaiser Family Foundation – State Later-Term Abortion Policies
Mother Jones – Who Still Does Third-Trimester Abortions?
The Atlantic – A Look at Late-Term Abortion Restrictions, State by State
Forbes – No, Late-Term Abortions Don’t ‘Rip’ Babies Out Of Wombs — And They Exist For A Reason
The Week – Why liberals should support banning late-term abortions
The Week – The glaring hypocrisy of the pro-life movement
The Atlantic – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Abortion?
Unconstitutional anti-abortion law costs Texas another $2.5 million
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