[WATCH] Abortion Trigger Bans Take Effect, Impacting Millions of Patients

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : While they all had restrictions on abortion prior to this week, North Dakota could perhaps experience the most drastic change.
44% : A federal judge issued a preliminary order Wednesday blocking enforcement of Idaho's ban in certain medical emergencies, granting a request from the Biden administration, which had argued that Idaho's ban opened doctors up to prosecution for abortion care they were obligated to offer under federal law.
41% : Idaho's trigger law prohibits performing abortions unless necessary to prevent the death of the mother, or in situations of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement.
39% : Access to abortion is now even further out of reach for millions of women as Republican-led states rush to limit the procedure since the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
37% : The state currently allows abortion up to 20 weeks or more post-fertilization, but will now enact a near-total ban on the procedure and medication abortions.
35% : With these laws in place, nearly one-third of US states will have restrictions or a near-total ban on abortion, according to abortion rights groups.

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