How does your state rate on Choice?

[uppityperson]

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/in_your_state/who-decides/state-profiles

Thanks to Tierra_y_Libertad for GD post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8162751&mesg_id=8162751

You can show maps by different limitations also.

[classysassy]

1. I live in Arizona

where the brain dead come to retire and stink up the air.

[HockeyMom]

2. I currently live in Florida

Ditto.

[MountainLaurel]

3. Louisiana

Where the governor once performed an exorcism. I'm afraid to even look.

[uppityperson]

4. F.

Political Info and Laws in Brief

Executives

* Governor Bobby Jindal (R) is anti-choice.

Legislature

* The Louisiana House is anti-choice.
* The Louisiana Senate is anti-choice.

ANTI-CHOICE LAWS
Abortion Bans

Louisiana bans a safe abortion procedure, has an unconstitutional and unenforceable near-total criminal ban on abortion, and has a near-total criminal ban on abortion that will take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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Biased Counseling & Mandatory Delay

Louisiana law subjects women seeking abortion services to biased-counseling requirements and mandatory delays.
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Counseling Ban/Gag Rule

Louisiana prohibits certain state employees and organizations receiving state funds from referring for abortion services.
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Other Anti-Choice Law

Louisiana law includes a strongly anti-choice policy statement.
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Public Facilities Restriction

Louisiana prohibits the use of public facilities for abortion services.
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Refusal to Provide Medical Services

Louisiana allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women specific reproductive-health services, information, or referrals.
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Restrictions on Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion

Louisiana restricts low-income women's access to abortion.
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Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion

Louisiana law restricts young women's access to abortion services by mandating parental consent.
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Spousal Consent

Louisiana has an unconstitutional and unenforceable law mandating spousal consent before a married woman may obtain abortion care.
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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Louisiana subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals.
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PRO-CHOICE LAWS
Low-Income Women's Access to Family Planning

Louisiana provides certain low-income women increased coverage for Medicaid-funded family-planning services.
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OTHER RELEVANT LAWS
Post-Viability Abortion Restriction

Louisiana restricts post-viability abortion.

[Carnage251]

5. Alabama

F

[Warpy]

6. Even strong prochoice states still have those old

antiabortion laws on the books. If Roe vs. Wade is ever overturned, those antiabortion laws will be back in force overnight. State legislatures will have to vote to overturn those laws and the state governors will have to sign it and I don't see that happening in all but a handful of states and then at the whim of whoever wants to run for national office.

That's how important that decision is to all of us. That's why the talk about overturning it not being a threat is so disingenuous.

Of course it's a threat. Abortion would be illegal in all 50 states until a few courageous ones re established the right at the state level.

[lukasahero]

7. Interesting - my state (MA) is probably pro-choice but my company

has blocked all sites using the word "abortion". I really have to find another job. x(

[uppityperson]

8. That is rather odd word blockage. Here...B-

14 percent of Massachusetts counties have no abortion provider

Did You Know?

Did you know that a state law protecting access to abortion services has been upheld in Massachusetts?


Political Info and Laws in Brief

Executives

* Governor Deval Patrick (D) is pro-choice.

Legislature

* The Massachusetts House is pro-choice.
* The Massachusetts Senate is pro-choice.

(links at site for these things)
ANTI-CHOICE LAWS
Abortion Ban

Massachusetts has an unconstitutional and unenforceable criminal ban on abortion.
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Biased Counseling & Mandatory Delay

Massachusetts has a partially unconstitutional and unenforceable law that subjects women seeking abortion services to biased-counseling requirements and mandatory delays.
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Insurance Prohibition for Abortion

Massachusetts restricts insurance coverage of abortion.
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Refusal to Provide Medical Services

Massachusetts allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women specific reproductive-health services, information, or referrals.
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Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion

Massachusetts law restricts young women's access to abortion services by mandating parental consent.
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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Massachusetts prohibits certain qualified health-care professionals from providing abortion care, and has an unconstitutional and unenforceable law that subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals.
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PRO-CHOICE LAWS
Contraceptive Equity

Massachusetts law requires health-insurance plans that cover prescription medication to provide the same coverage for contraception.
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Emergency Contraception

Massachusetts allows some women greater access to emergency contraception (EC).
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Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion

Massachusetts provides low-income women access to abortion.
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Protection Against Clinic Violence

Massachusetts law protects women seeking reproductive-health care and medical personnel from blockades and violence.
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State Constitutional Protection

Massachusetts' constitution provides greater protection for a woman's right to choose than the federal Constitution.
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OTHER RELEVANT LAWS
Post-Viability Abortion Restriction

Massachusetts restricts post-viability abortion.