US top court strikes down law limiting abortions
29 June 2020
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a law restricting abortions in Louisiana is
unconstitutional.
In a landmark decision, the justices said a law requiring that doctors who
provide abortions have the right to admit patients at a local hospital placed
an undue burden on women.
Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53224443
What's behind the rise of anti-abortion 'heartbeat bills'?
By Ritu Prasad, BBC News, Washington
24 April 2019
A slew of states have introduced new anti-abortion legislation that would ban the procedure as soon as a foetal heartbeat can be detected. What's behind the push - and the backlash - for these bills and what exactly do they mean for women?
In the first months of this year, nearly 30 states introduced some form of an abortion ban in their legislature. Fifteen have specifically been working with so-called "heartbeat bills", that would ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Continued: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47940659
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