Nine states of the 50 that make up The US banned abortion, after this Friday the decision of the Supreme Court was announced to annul the protection of the right to abortion in force since 1973.
Other states could do so in the short term. The nine states that have already banned abortion are: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin.
All had previously passed laws to ban abortion, which came into effect as soon as the decision tol Supreme Court, according to the Guttmacher Institute, dedicated to reproductive rights research.
Planned Parenthood, which has the largest network of reproductive health clinics in the United States, and the Guttmacher Institute have warned that a total of 23 states They will quickly ban abortion.
Several states are going to ban abortion.
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The states of Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming had passed so-called “spring laws” with the aim of taking effect immediately or a few days after the Supreme Court ruling.
In the case of Idaho, Tennessee and Texas, the ban on termination of pregnancy will not take effect for another 30 days, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute.
Other states, such as Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, and Michigan, have prepared restrictions that could come into force soon.
Currently, only 16 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington), as well as the District of Columbia , they have adopted laws that strengthen the protection of the right to abortion.
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In total, at least 36 million women of reproductive age could lose access to abortion according to Planned Parenthood, which described the decision as “devastating” especially for the most vulnerable people in society such as “black, Latinx and indigenous communities, people with disabilities, those living in rural areas, youth, immigrants, and who have financial difficulties.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott reacted on Twitter as soon as the ruling revoking the “Roe v. Wade” ruling that legalized the interruption in 1973 became known. of abortion throughout the United States.
Abbott stated that “Texas is a pro-life state” and that he will always fight “to save all children from the devastation of abortion.”
The Governor of Texas assessed as correct the Supreme Court decision that allows each state to decide on abortion.
The conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of overturning “Roe v. Wade” on the grounds that abortion is not protected by the US constitution.
It also struck down “Planned Parenthood v. Casey,” another 1992 ruling that upheld the right to have an abortion even though It allowed states to regulate the process.
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