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- The spring of 2019 has seen an unprecedented surge in Republican-led states passing near-total bans on most abortions.
- In the months of April and May alone, the governors of Ohio, Georgia, and Alabama signed some of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country into law.
- None of the laws have gone into effect yet, and all are being challenged in court.
- Some legislators have explicitly stated the purpose of these bans is to bring a case before the Supreme Court that could result in the court overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Here are all the states that have passed new abortion bans or restrictions in 2019.
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For years, Republican-controlled state legislatures have enacted new abortion restrictions including mandating counseling, waiting periods, and expensive regulations on clinics to steadily limit access to the procedure.
The spring of 2019, however, has seen an unprecedented surge in Republican-led states passing near-total bans on most abortions.
Some legislators have explicitly stated the purpose of these bans is to bring a case before the Supreme Court that could result in the court overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 court decision in which the court ruled that states cannot ban abortion before the point of fetal viability.
In the months of April and May alone, the governors of Ohio, Georgia, and Alabama signed some of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country.
None of these new laws or any previous six-week ban states have passed, however, have formally gone into effect.
Previous six-week bans passed by North Dakota and Iowa were struck down by federal and state judges, respectively. And new abortion bans introduced by Georgia, Alabama, are currently being challenged in court by organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Here are all the states that have passed new abortion bans or restrictions in 2019.
As of right now, here’s the latest a patient can obtain an abortion in every state.
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Source: Guttmacher Institute
Missouri
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In the early hours of May 16, the Missouri State Senate passed a bill to ban abortion after eight weeks, with no exemptions for rape or incest. The law will now back head to the Missouri House of Representatives for a vote.
Alabama
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On May 14, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a total ban on doctors performing abortions in Alabama, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Under the law, performing the procedure is a class A felony with a maximum prison sentence of 99 years.
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See Also:
- This is what could happen if Roe v. Wade fell
- A wave of extreme new abortion bans is part of a larger Republican coordinated attack on Roe v. Wade
- 23 ways anti-abortion activists are attempting to erode Roe v. Wade without repealing it
SEE ALSO: Only 14 percent of Americans back an abortion policy as extreme as the one passed in Alabama
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