Walker will review a bill in the next two weeks that would
require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound.
As of October 1, 2011, the State of Texas
requires all women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before the abortion.
At the beginning of 2012, it appeared that a number of states were poised to
require a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound.
South Dakota and Arizona enacted provisions
requiring a woman seeking an abortion to obtain counseling that includes inaccurate or irrelevant information.
A law
requiring women seeking an abortion to make three visits to the doctor over two days.
Not exact matches
The law, recently enacted in Texas, where
women seeking an
abortion are
required to be raped, is one example of these «
abortion prevention» measures.
And they say the sonogram law Perry signed
requires doctors to read biased information to
women seeking abortions.
The City Council approved the bill that would have placed strict limits on the advertising crisis pregnancy centers may use and
required them to post signs designed to discourage
women from
seeking their
abortion alternatives services.
Women's rights: Cuomo reiterated his support for
abortion rights He wants to ban employers from asking job - seekers about their past pay, and will
seek to
require state contractors to report the gender and pay of employees.
Including the new requirements in South Dakota and Arizona, 18 states
require that
women seeking an
abortion be given misleading information (see Counseling and Waiting Periods for Ab
abortion be given misleading information (see Counseling and Waiting Periods for
AbortionAbortion).
On July 2, 2014, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a dangerous bill that would have
required women seeking a safe, legal
abortion to wait at least 72 hours before getting the procedure.
With the addition of the new requirements in Texas and North Carolina, 26 states mandate that a
woman seeking an
abortion must wait a prescribed period of time between the counseling and the procedure; nine of these states require that the counseling be provided in person, a provision that requires the woman to make two trips to the facility (see Counseling and Waiting Periods for Ab
abortion must wait a prescribed period of time between the counseling and the procedure; nine of these states
require that the counseling be provided in person, a provision that
requires the
woman to make two trips to the facility (see Counseling and Waiting Periods for
AbortionAbortion).
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) applaud today's decision by the U.S. District Court in South Dakota striking down major portions of a South Dakota law that
required doctors to give ideologically charged and misleading information to
women seeking abortion care.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America applauds today's preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp against Nebraska's recently enacted «The
Women's Health Protection Act,» which
requires physicians who may perform an
abortion to discuss the entire body of research literature about possible health risks related to
abortion with their patients who are
seeking abortions, even though much of this information may be outdated, false or misleading.
Illinois law
requires Planned Parenthood of Illinois to notify a parent or adult family member if a
woman age 17 or younger
seeks an
abortion, unless a judge gives a waiver.
Require providers to inform a
woman seeking an
abortion whether the
abortion provider has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital as well as medical malpractice insurance (Kansas)