Restrictive Abortion Legislation and Its Impact on Poor Women of Color and Poor Women in Rural Counties in the United States:
State | Restrictive Law Provisions | Democrat Republic Governor | Majority Democrat /Republic | Similarities | Dissimilarities | Option |
Alabama | The bill is about challenging Roe v. Wade and protecting the lives of the unborn child | Republican | Republican | Abortion is only done in a healthcare facility is it is to be done. | Women will find a way; search out online mixtures to have an abortion | Under the pressing circumstance, women are forced and will travel a distance when it is forbidden |
Indiana | Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood | Republican | Republican | Abortion can only be conducted in a hospital or certified surgical local. | Waiting time and other legal obstacles | Indiana’s petition to reestablish a strict abortion law that prohibits the procedure hinged on so-called fetus features like sex, race, or diagnosis of disability was turned down by the Supreme Court. |
Missouri | The Governor of Missouri, Michael Parson, signed into law a bill that prohibitions abortion at eight weeks of prenatal development | Republicans | Republicans | The law will not be viable based on the Roe v Wade case | Few facilities | Law to either weaken Roe’s abortion protection or even to make a direct challenge that will empower the court to overturn Roe completely. |
Louisiana | Louisiana Act 620 | Democrat | Democrat and Republicans | It is easy to deduce that abortions would have likely been illegal in Louisiana if Roe v. Wade never occurred | Abortion is not restricted if it occurs as a result of rape, incest, or endangerment. | Affordable Care Act |
Texas | TX HB2856 | Republican | Republican | The state passed parental notification laws, which required that minors gain parental consent before the acquisition of an abortion that was during the second trimester | Decreased funding to hospitals that carry out abortion services | Focus on the reproductive rights of women |