‘Many of the laws passed this year are near-total abortion bans’
Crowds celebrate and wave flags while listening to the band music at the Salute to America event Thursday, July 4, 2019, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
By Carole Novielli
Live Action News
Twelve (12) state ‘abortion bans’ remained in effect as of December 12, 2022, says a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned Parenthood “special affiliate” which has funneled at least $100 million to the abortion corporation.
In 2022, 50 pro-life measures were adopted in various states (far less than in 2021), while pro-abortion measures hit an all-time high, the Guttmacher report claimed.
“Sixteen states have had a near-total abortion ban in effect at some point this year, and bans were in effect in 12 states as of December 12: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. In all of these states except West Virginia, the bans were on the books and ready to implement before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Near-total bans in the remaining four states—Arizona, Indiana, Utah and Wyoming—have been temporarily blocked during litigation,” Guttmacher wrote.
“Abortion is currently unavailable in 14 states, and courts have temporarily blocked enforcement of bans in eight others as of December 12, 2022,” the report added. “In addition to the 12 states with new bans in effect as of December 12, abortion care has become unavailable in two more states for other reasons. Although North Dakota’s trigger ban is not in effect as a result of ongoing litigation, the sole abortion clinic that was open in the state has moved to Minnesota. Clinics in Wisconsin have stopped providing abortions because of a lack of clarity over whether the state’s pre-Roe ban went into effect after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. A state court case is pending on the issue.”