Understand Abortion Law in 10 Minutes
Channel: animateeducate
Date: 2017-04-14

What are the different federal and state laws on abortion?  What has the Supreme Court ruled about abortion?  We explain how the abortion laws are different in pro-choice and pro-life states and what the partial-birth abortion ban does.

You'll also understand what the President and Congress have done about abortion, such as the Hyde Amendment, the Planned Parenthood funding controversy, and the new laws and regulations which have been created in the last few years.

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Sources:
-- “An Overview of Abortion Laws,” Guttmacher Institute (04/01/17), https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/overview-abortion-laws 
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-- Alex McBride, “Landmark Cases: Casey v. Planned Parenthood,” PBS (12/06), http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_casey.html  
-- Julie Rovner, “Partial-Birth Abortion: Separating Fact From Spin,” NPR (02/21/06), http://www.npr.org/2006/02/21/5168163/partial-birth-abortion-separating-fact-from-spin 
-- “The High Court Upholds the Federal Partial Birth Abortion Act,” Pew Research Center (06/07/07), http://www.pewforum.org/2007/06/06/the-high-court-upholds-the-federal-partial-birth-abortion-ban-act/ 
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-- “Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers,” Guttmacher Institute (04/01/17), https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/targeted-regulation-abortion-providers 
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