Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/21/us/abortion-ban-exceptions.html

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Last summer, a Mississippi woman sought an abortion after, she said, a friend had raped her. Her state prohibits most abortions but allows them for rape victims. Yet she could not find a doctor to provide one.

In September, an Indiana woman learned that a fetal defect meant her baby would die shortly after birth, if not sooner. Her state’s abortion ban included an exception for such cases, but she was referred to Illinois or Michigan.

An Ohio woman carrying triplets faced a high risk of dangerous complications, including delivering too early. When she tried to get an abortion in September through Ohio’s exception for patients with a medical need, she was turned away.

The abortion bans enacted in about half the states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June do not prohibit abortion entirely. Most make exceptions in certain circumstances, commonly to protect the health or life of the patient, or in the case of rape or incest. And as conservative state lawmakers prepare to take up new restrictions on abortion in upcoming legislative sessions, exceptions will be at the heart of the debate.

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[SunSeeker]

1. Exactly, because the burden to prove the exception applies is on the woman.

And some forced birth asshole judge or bureaucrat can arbitrarily decide the exception doesn't apply. By the time you appeal the decision, it's too late.

[phoenix75]

2. This is misogynistic madness!

IMO what a woman chooses to do (or not do) with her own body is no one's business but hers!

[Timeflyer]

3. Pregnancy complications aren't bad enough--now women will risk health or death, but

hey, collateral damage, god's will, Eve's fault, they were asking for it by having sex...

[dalton99a]

4. Kick