Indiana, the first US state to restrict abortion after 'Roe vs Wade' - La Prensa Latina Media

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47% : Washington DC, Aug 6 (EFE).- Indiana became the first of the 50 states in the US to pass a law restricting access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned a 1973 ruling, known as "Roe versus Wade" that protected this right at the federal level.
47% : Until now, abortion was legal in Indiana until 22 weeks of pregnancy.
44% : So far, India is the first state to pass a new bill to restrict abortion.
39% : At the end of June, Supreme Court reversed "Roe versus Wade" ruling, ending federal protection for abortion and allowing states to set their own laws in this matter.
38% : The Republicans in the state had been working on this bill for weeks, but opinion was divided - a majority wanted to ban abortion completely, while several others wanted exceptions in cases of rape and incest.
38% : This has caused some states to begin implementing the so-called "zombie laws" that had been in force before the Supreme Court guaranteed the right to abortion in 1973, while other states have activated laws designed to enter into force just when the right to abortion was repealed.
31% : The law is expected to enter into force on Sep.15, leading Indiana to join nine other US states with laws that almost completely prohibit abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, dedicated to research on reproductive rights.

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