Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.
The state health department released a factsheet on the law Wednesday following questions & confusion since the abortion ban kicked in when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Several states have already imposed new restrictions on abortions that have led women from those states to seek the procedure in states such as Illinois.
Missouri’s Republican-led House on Wednesday took steps to try to ensure most abortions would be outlawed in the state should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
Roe v. Wade, the historic case in 1973 that legalized abortion in all 50 states, is arguably one of the most controversial and divisive cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.