On Saturday, the Supreme Court will mark the 49th anniversary of its landmark 1973 decision in the case of abortion.
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Florida and West Virginia have introduced new bills this month to ban abortion after 15 weeks into a pregnancies, the same restriction as the Mississippi law before the Supreme Court that could lead to the overturn of the Wade decision.
New Hampshire had a 24 week abortion ban go into effect at the start of the year, which Democrats are already trying to limit, and is considering other bills, like one that would allow biological fathers to block their partners from getting abortions in court.
There are more than 100 abortion restrictions enacted in 2021, including abortion bans in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Montana, which courts have so far blocked.
New Jersey enacted new state protections on abortion earlier this month, and Vermont is considering a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to abortion.
States including Maryland, Washington and California have introduced bills to expand abortion access, including ones that would counteract restrictions in other states by empowering more healthcare providers to perform abortions or shielding residents from legal liability if they assist with abortions in restricted states.
Michigan abortion rights advocates are pushing for a measure that would protect the procedure, while Kansas and Kentucky will have ballot measures this year that ask voters to affirm the states constitutions.
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22%. According to a Gallup poll conducted in January, the number of Americans who are satisfied with the U.S. abortion policies is at a record low. 30% of Americans think the laws are too restrictive and 22% want policies to be harsher.
What to watch for.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming months on two issues, one of which is whether states can restrict abortions even before the fetus is viable. Key justices signaled during oral arguments in the case that they are likely to side with Mississippi, and the ruling has the potential to overturn Wade and roll back abortion rights nationwide. According to a New York Times analysis, at least 22 states are likely to ban the procedure if the court overturns Wade.
There is a key background.
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion rights and legalized the procedure nationwide. Since the case was decided, 1,338 abortion restrictions have been enacted, with the Guttmacher Institute reporting that Republican lawmakers have continued to pass a slew of abortion restrictions. The most significant abortion case the Supreme Court has considered in decades was taken up by the Supreme Court in 2021.
It's called Tangent.
Senate Bill 8 was enacted in Texas in order to ban abortion in the state, even with the Supreme Court's decision in Wade. Even though other abortion bans have failed in court, the lawsuit enforcement mechanism allowed it to remain in effect. Even if the Supreme Court upholds the abortion law, at least six other states have already introduced legislation that mimics it, and many other GOP-led states have plans to do the same.
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