Questions tagged [abortion]
The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.
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What laws relate to the taking/possessing of foetuses?
The news today is an anti-abortion activist has been jailed. This story includes the point that in 2022 police discovered five foetuses at the home where was arrested and had lived or stayed. That ...
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Abortion and States' Rights in the US
If a fetus is a person, it's not a citizen until after it's born, per the Constitution. That would make birth a process of naturalization (converting a stateless non-citizen fetus into a citizen).
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In the SCOTUS case yesterday on Mifepristone and FDA, why was *Twiqbal* and prohibition on 3rd party standing not raised?
Yesterday [March 26, 2024], SCOTUS heard oral arguments on whether FDA exceeded its role in easing the rules on the drug mifepristone that can be used for medication abortion. Many justices across the ...
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"Murder laws are governed by the states, [not the federal government]." Is Vivek Ramaswamy right?
United States presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated he doesn't support a federal ban on abortion, a practice which he understands to be murder, because the U.S. federal government doesn't ...
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Can someone summarize the ruling in Texas Mifepristone ruling?
I started reading the ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, but it's 60 pages long and full of the expected legalese.
Can someone summarize the argument of the plaintiffs and the legal ...
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In the context of third-party murder, is an unborn foetus a separate living thing? [duplicate]
Bob stomps on Alice's pregnant stomach, thereby causing the latter to miscarry. Did the former individual commit murder if the latter survived the assault?
Alice shoots Bob's pregnant stomach, thereby ...
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Before being overturned, did Roe v Wade grant pregnant men the right to have abortions, in addition to pregnant women?
The language in the Roe v Wade decision refers over and over to the rights of a "pregnant woman". Does this mean it protected only the rights of pregnant women, and not pregnant men, to ...
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FTCA and US Abortion
Planned Parenthood's major point against abortion bans has been the mother's health. Specifically, where pregnancy could risk an early-pregnancy death of both the kid and the mother.
If a mother was ...
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Can states criminalize transporting a minor to another state for an abortion without parental consent?
Idaho is a state that outlawed abortion.
A new bill (HB 98) has been introduced to modify their human trafficking laws, which mostly pertain to forced labor or sexual activities.
This bill makes it a ...
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Can a trans man get an abortion in Texas where a woman can't?
Texas has an anti-abortion law, Health and Safety Code 245 which states:
the act of using or prescribing an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or
any other substance, device, or means with the intent to ...
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Does the Satanic Temples new abortion 'ritual' allow abortions under religious freedom?
The Satanic Temple has recently announced an abortion ritual. It's clearly a parody ritual added only after abortion was made illegal, but then again the USA tends to be very generous with their ...
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What kind of civil action is created by the Texas Heartbeat Act?
Section 171.208 of the Texas Heartbeat Act of 2021 allows "[a]ny person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state" to "bring a civil ...
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Would it be legal for a bystander to use force to prevent an abortion in Texas?
Would it be legal for a bystander to use deadly force to prevent a doctor from committing an abortion in Texas?
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Are exceptions to abortion bans unconstitutionally vague?
Some of the state laws banning abortion in the US contain exceptions for health reasons, typically where the pregnancy threatens the health of the mother or if the foetus is not viable.
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Tennessee abortion law. Exceptions…
Explain which is better, a affirmative defense or an “exception” with regard to abortion when mother is in danger or abortion when fetus is not viable or abortion for rape or incest.
