Report: 24 States Enacted 92 Abortion Restrictions In 2011

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/01/06/399048/report-24-states-enacted-92-abortion-restrictions-in-2011/

Report: 24 States Enacted 92 Abortion Restrictions In 2011

By Igor Volsky on Jan 6, 2012 at 8:30 am


Lawmakers across the nation pursued a record number of reproductive health and rights-related provisions in 2011, a new report from the Guttmacher Institute finds, enacting 135 measures in 36 states — “an increase from the 89 enacted in 2010 and the 77 enacted in 2009.” Sixty-eight percent of the provisions — 92 in 24 states — restricted access to abortion services:



Here is a sampling of 2011 in abortion law:

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Nine states also passed laws making it harder to avoid pregnancy in the first place. Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, Montana, New Hampshire, and Texas reduced funding for family planning programs, with the Lone Star State reducing its reproductive health budget by as much as 66 percent. Indiana, Colorado, Ohio, North Carolina Texas and Wisconsin, meanwhile, “moved to disqualify or otherwise bar certain types of providers from the receipt of family planning funds” and “New Hampshire decided not to renew its contract through which the Planned Parenthood affiliate in the state received Title X funds.”