But the reality cannot be overstated: by October, 66 clinics across 15 US states were known to have closed, more than 80% of the total of 79 clinics open in June in those states. As of last summer, about 33 million women of child-bearing age lived in states that had or were poised to ban abortion, according to Bloomberg. Some states now ban all abortion without exception, while others allow abortion up to a certain time limit or in extreme exceptions, such as rape or incest, or to protect the life of the pregnant person. And an onslaught of new restrictions looms.
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