{"id":249144,"date":"2021-07-16T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249144"},"modified":"2021-07-17T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T23:28:33","slug":"more-abortion-restrictions-enacted-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/more-abortion-restrictions-enacted-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"More abortion restrictions enacted in 2021 than any year since Roe v. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

According to a new\u00a0report<\/a> from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, more abortion restrictions have been enacted in 2021 than in any other year since Roe v. Wade<\/em> legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973. Ninety abortion restrictions have been put in place in 2021, surpassing the previous record of 89 back in 2011.<\/p>\n

Polling shows that while most Americans support the idea of keeping abortion legal, they also believe it should be heavily restricted. As Live Action News previously reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While the abortion industry has claimed that 7 in 10 Americans<\/a> support legal abortion (unrestricted and on demand), polling<\/a> has consistently found<\/a> that while Americans want abortion to remain legal, they also want it heavily restricted. Almost 70% of people want abortion limited to the first trimester. Common-sense restrictions, like parental consent, waiting periods, and informed consent before undergoing an abortion, also receive widespread support. <\/em><\/p>\n

Just 7% of Americans<\/a> support completely unrestricted, taxpayer-funded abortion.<\/em><\/p>\n

Trigger abortion bans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oklahoma<\/a> and Texas<\/a> each passed a”trigger” law that will ban abortion only in the event that Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, is overturned.<\/p>\n

Near-total abortion bans<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2021, Arkansas and Oklahoma each banned abortion, unless a woman’s life is at risk. The Arkansas<\/a> Unborn Child Protection Act (Senate Bill 6) will allow only abortions deemed necessary to save the mother’s life. Likewise, Oklahoma<\/a> passed HB 1102, which classifies abortion as “unprofessional conduct” and states that doctors committing abortions that are not considered medically necessary will lose their medical licenses for at least one year.<\/p>\n

The truth is that if a woman’s life is directly and immediately threatened by a pregnancy complication, killing her preborn child is not what will save her life. A pregnancy does not have to be ended by abortion, which is the direct and intentional killing of a preborn child. Delivering her child prematurely is a safer and faster option, especially later in pregnancy. Preterm emergency C-sections\/preterm deliveries are not abortions; they offer the opportunity for doctors to save both lives.<\/p>\n