Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity
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The Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity, commonly known as the “heartbeat” law, are restrictive abortion regulations that effectively ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and were the subject of major constitutional challenges in United States v. Texas (2021).
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Target entity: Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity Context triple: [United States v. Texas (2021), involvesStatute, Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity]
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Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982
The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 is a state law that imposed various restrictions on abortion, several of which were challenged and reviewed in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is a 2003 U.S. federal law that prohibits a specific late-term abortion procedure commonly referred to as "partial-birth" abortion.
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Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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Mississippi Gestational Age Act
The Mississippi Gestational Age Act is a 2018 Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and served as the central statute in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Planned Parenthood v. Abbott
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott is a 2013 federal court case in which abortion providers challenged Texas restrictions that imposed stringent requirements on abortion clinics and physicians, arguing they placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity Target entity description: The Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity, commonly known as the “heartbeat” law, are restrictive abortion regulations that effectively ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and were the subject of major constitutional challenges in United States v. Texas (2021).
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A.
Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982
The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 is a state law that imposed various restrictions on abortion, several of which were challenged and reviewed in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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B.
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is a 2003 U.S. federal law that prohibits a specific late-term abortion procedure commonly referred to as "partial-birth" abortion.
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C.
Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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D.
Mississippi Gestational Age Act
The Mississippi Gestational Age Act is a 2018 Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and served as the central statute in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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E.
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott
Planned Parenthood v. Abbott is a 2013 federal court case in which abortion providers challenged Texas restrictions that imposed stringent requirements on abortion clinics and physicians, arguing they placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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United States v. Texas (2021)
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Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity
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