All states except Oregon now limit abortion access

[MrScorpio]

Roe v. Wade guaranteed abortion as a legal right across the country. A separate decision two decades later, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, guaranteed states’ rights to limit access to abortion, so long as it did not pose an “undue burden” on the woman.
States have, over the past four decades, made no short use of that latter right. Only one state, Oregon, has not layered additional restrictions on top of the Roe decision. At the other end of the spectrum is Oklahoma: With 22 abortion restrictions, it has more than any other state. The chart below, courtesy of Remapping the Debate, has the full list. You can also gohere for an interactive version of the graphic, which will let you look at what type of restrictions each state has set.

http://stfuprolife.tumblr.com/post/42021609348/all-states-except-oregon-now-limit-abortion-access

[Warpy]

1. NM never took its bad old laws off the books

probably because our part time lege doesn't sit long enough to consider doing any house cleaning. Those aren't the only stupid, obsolete and unenforceable laws on the books here.

NM is majority Catholic and very pro choice.

[marions ghost]

2. Vermont and Mass have near total bans?

--didn't know that

[kestrel91316]

3. Unenforceable under Roe. If Roe goes, total ban immediately applies again.

With Roe under threat, we need to get these old laws off the books.

[marions ghost]

4. I wonder how that evolved?

since it seems the other states that the total ban if Roe goes--are red.

[SpartanDem]

6. When Roe was overturned a number Southern stateshad health, incest, rape exceptions

While it was totally illegal in 30 states including many blue states



Abortion laws in the United States prior to Roe vs. Wade
Red= Illegal.
Purple Legal in cases of rape.
Blue= Legal in cases of danger to woman's health.
Green= Legal in cases of danger to woman's health, rape or incest, or likely damaged fetus.
Yellow= Legal upon request.

[marions ghost]

7. Very interesting

[DreamGypsy]

5. And look what happens to us for our lack of restrictions...

...we former Oregonians are moved to Orego. Next time we do something reasonable we'll be living in Oreo.

(or maybe the printer just ran out of 'n's at the end of the chart?)

Seriously, this chart represents a disaster. They'll be coming after us next.

[Maine-ah]

8. I'm pretty sure Maine does

not have an ultra sound requirement, though I know from personal experience that Family Planning does use them. They don't hurt, but I can certainly see how it could affect a rape victim (nor do I think states should be governing personal medical choices) - Unless the green is actually for limitations on funds? Hard to tell. If it's for public funds, yes Maine does not allow Mainecare (Medicaid) to pay for an abortion unless it's incest, rape, life of the mother, or deemed medically necessary by a doctor (I don't agree with that either) Not sure what they mean by physician and hospital requirements. Maine requires a licensed physician to perform an abortion. I'm good with that - trying to find the laws on hospital requirements, and I'm going to guess that it has something to do with gestation.

direct link to Guttmacher's overview of abortion laws by state. - http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_OAL.pdf

[Sirveri]

9. Kind of misleading to say Oregon is totally free, VT is effectively free as well.

CA and WA both only have laws that only prohibit abortion if the fetus is viable, which I don't really have a problem with, and there are likely exemptions carved out for life of the mother or some other thing. If they're on the bottom of the chart, they're probably pro-choice.