You Should Know About This National Abortion Bill To Protect Reproductive Rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The bill would standardize the right to abortion nationwide -- currently, under the Supreme Court precedent of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion, states have the ability to impose restrictions at their discretion, as long as they don't cause an "undue burden" on a patient.
46% : Should the bill be codified into law, it would ensure that abortion remains legal nationwide, even if the Supreme Court ultimately overturns or otherwise strips the Roe decision.
45% : However, this is not the first time the court has weighed in on abortion in recent months.
36% : As of September 2021, 26 states are "certain or likely" to ban abortion should Roe be overturned by the Supreme Court, according to think tank the Guttmacher Institute.
34% : This patchwork of regulations leads to wildly differing levels of access from state to state, including states where abortion has become nearly inaccessible.
33% : Additionally, the bill would prohibit states from placing restrictions on abortion after fetal viability, when the pregnancy poses a risk to the patient's life or health.

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