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Twelve (12) state ‘abortion bans’ remained in effect as of December 12, 2022, says a new report from the Guttmacher Institute,\u00a0a former Planned Parenthood \u201cspecial affiliate<\/a>\u201d which has\u00a0funneled at least $100 million<\/a>\u00a0to the abortion corporation.<\/p>\n

In 2022, 50 pro-life measures were adopted in various states (far less than in 2021)<\/a>, while pro-abortion measures hit an all-time high, the Guttmacher report claimed.<\/p>\n

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2022 Abortion bans in effect while Pro-life laws down, abortion expansions up per Guttmacher Institute<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Sixteen states have had a near-total abortion ban in effect at some point this year, and bans were in effect in 12 states as of December 12: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. In all of these states except West Virginia, the bans were on the books and ready to implement before the Supreme Court\u2019s\u00a0Dobbs\u00a0<\/em>decision. Near-total bans in the remaining four states\u2014Arizona, Indiana, Utah and Wyoming\u2014have been temporarily blocked during litigation,”\u00a0Guttmacher wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Abortion is currently unavailable in 14 states, and courts have temporarily blocked enforcement of bans in eight others as of December 12, 2022,” the report added. “In addition to the 12 states with new bans in effect as of December 12, abortion care has become unavailable in two more states for other reasons. Although North Dakota\u2019s trigger ban is not in effect as a result of ongoing litigation, the sole abortion clinic that was open in the state has moved to Minnesota. Clinics in Wisconsin have stopped providing abortions because of a lack of clarity over whether the state\u2019s pre-Roe<\/i> ban went into effect after the Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs <\/i>decision. A state court case is pending on the issue.”<\/p>\n

Debunking claims that pro-life laws do not allow abortion for the health of the mother, Guttmacher noted that “All 12 of the bans in effect have exceptions in cases where the pregnant person\u2019s life is endangered<\/strong>… Seven of these bans also have an exception for a patient\u2019s severe physical health conditions<\/strong>… Three states\u2019 bans have exceptions for rape; two of these also have exceptions for incest… Three states\u2019 bans have exceptions for lethal fetal anomalies.” (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

50 pro-life measures adopted in 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Guttmacher Institute, which referred to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0as “disastrous,” claimed that 50 pro-life measures were adopted by states in 2022, far fewer than in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This was not a large number compared with 2021, when a record total of 108 restrictions were enacted,” Guttmacher noted<\/a>. “However, many of the laws passed this year are near-total abortion bans; combined with the implementation of pre-Roe<\/em>\u00a0laws and trigger bans that had been enacted in previous years, these laws have restricted abortion access for millions of people.”<\/p>\n

According to the report, “641 provisions restricting access to abortion care have been enacted since the beginning of 2011.”<\/p>\n

Guttmacher pointed to a flawed study<\/a> which correlated groups of data without proving actual causation and purported to show that “[s]tates that limit access to abortion are more likely than states with broader access to have\u00a0weak social safety nets\u00a0that are unable to meet their residents\u2019 basic health and child care needs, along with\u00a0high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality.” But according to Dr. Michael New<\/a>,\u00a0Research Associate of Political Science and Social Research at The Catholic University of America and an Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, that study “failed to provide\u00a0any meaningful evidence<\/strong>\u00a0that protective pro-life laws lead to worse public health outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guttmacher’s count of state abortion legislation in 2022 (as of December 12) included:<\/p>\n