...note the states with 'pending' abortion bills.
The rising wave of abortion restrictions in America..........Abortion is legal under Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states.
But most states have set limits in one way or another. This year, a series of strict anti-abortion bills have been passed with the intention to reshape women's access to the procedure..............
..........but more bans are in the works
Missouri lawmakers have passed another restrictive abortion bill, moving a step closer to becoming the latest state to ban abortions after a heartbeat is detected. There's a growing list of states seeking to limit abortion rights but at least 11 of them have proposed legislation that specifically mention heartbeat detection. ..........
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These states are also pushing to pass ‘heartbeat’ bills this year
Legislatures in eleven states proposed bills to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.Some of the proposed bills in Florida, Louisiana, Illinois, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia are still making their way through the legislative process while others like the ones in Texas, Maryland and Minnesota failed to gain traction. .........
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/18/us/abortion-laws-states/index.html