New Hampshire’s proposed 15-day abortion ban would effectively outlaw the procedure
“We have total bans, and state legislatures know how to ban abortion,” said Elizabeth Sepper, a professor at the University of Texas Law School who specializes in health law. “This is sort of silly because there just isn’t a pregnancy at 15 days. There’s not a fertilized egg at 15 days.”
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Republicans in New Hampshire Want to Ban Abortion After 15 … Days Gestation
The bill is effectively a total ban on abortion. The absolute earliest a woman can confirm she is pregnant is with a blood test 10 days after ovulation. But this proposed law does not ban abortion 15 days after ovulation — it bans abortion at 15 days gestation, counted from the first day of a woman’s last menstrual cycle… which means it would ban abortion before some woman have even had conceived. The only proposed exception to the law is for a medical emergency.
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