Alabama will debate the most restrictive abortion ban in the US as more than a dozen states this year tried to outlaw the procedureWhich states are seeking to make abortion illegal and who is behind it? 'We need this bill to die': the Alabama Democrat fighting for abortion rights Read moreThis year alone, more than a dozen US states sought to make abortion illegal after six weeks, including six states that successfully enacted the laws. Even in states considered safe havens for abortion rights, such as New York and Illinois, anti-abortion lawmakers have introduced bills as a kind of protest. Until then, states were left to make their own laws on abortion, leaving a patchwork system where some women lived in places where abortion was illegal, and others where it was safe and accessible. But even if states do not succeed in making abortion illegal, the pile-on of restrictions has had an impact.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2019 20:23 UTC