Leaked draft says that Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v Wade

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1. Alabama—Pre-Roe ban, Near-total ban, State constitution bars protection
2. Arizona—Pre-Roe ban
3. Arkansas—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Near-total ban
4. Georgia—Six-week ban
5. Idaho—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
6. Iowa—Six-week ban
7. Kentucky—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
8. Louisiana—Trigger ban, Near-total ban, Six-week ban, State constitution bars protection
9. Michigan—Pre-Roe ban
10. Mississippi—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Six-week ban
11. Missouri—Trigger ban, Eight-week ban
12. North Dakota—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
13. Ohio—Six-week ban
14. Oklahoma—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban (effective November 1, 2021), Near-total ban, Six-week ban
15. South Carolina—Six-week ban
16. South Dakota—Trigger ban
17. Tennessee—Trigger ban, Six-week ban, State constitution bars protection
18. Texas—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Six-week ban
19. Utah—Trigger ban, Near-total ban
20. West Virginia—Pre-Roe ban, State constitution bars protection
21. Wisconsin—Pre-Roe ban
22. Wyoming—Trigger ban

States likely to pass severe restrictions or ban:

1. Florida
2. Indiana
3. Montana
4. Nebraska

Do 6-week bans really count? You can still get an early term abortion, ergo, abortion is still legal with certain restrictions, which there probably should be restrictions. Is late term the gold standard then? Because that's pretty disgusting, and seems a little late to be changing your mind about having a child. If there are any complications with the pregnancy, odds are they were discoverable long before you're reaching the latter trimesters. Carrying to term and adopting out seems a better choice at that stage.

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Do 6-week bans really count? You can still get an early term abortion, ergo, abortion is still legal with certain restrictions, which there probably should be restrictions. Is late term the gold standard then? Because that's pretty disgusting, and seems a little late to be changing your mind about having a child. If there are any complications with the pregnancy, odds are they were discoverable long before you're reaching the latter trimesters. Carrying to term and adopting out seems a better choice at that stage.

"6 weeks pregnant" doesn't mean what you think. The count starts from the first day of your last period, not the date of conception. Most women do not find out that they're pregnant until after they've missed their period. A woman is technically considered over 4 weeks pregnant at this point. Furthermore, menstrual cycles can vary in length from month to month. 28 days is the average, but its completely normal to have a sequence of cycles with lengths 28, 30, 33, 27, etc, which means that a woman might not be alarmed until many days after her first missed period.

Not coincidentally, states with 6 week bans on abortion have heavy regulations to limit the number of legal open clinics and create a shortage of available appointments. Before this case was brought to the supreme court, Mississippi had only one open abortion clinic in the entire state. As you might guess, that clinic was consistently fully booked two weeks out. States also have laws requiring women to attend a "counseling session", obtain multiple pelvic exams, or endure mandatory waiting periods before they're legally allowed to have the procedure. Basically they give you a minute to complete an obstacle course but start the timer at 50 seconds.