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Section size for Abortion in the United States (53 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	16,252	16,252
Terminology	3,137	3,137
History	13	80,077
Early history and rise of anti-abortion legislation	34,751	34,751
Unsafe abortions	6,864	6,864
Sherri Finkbine	2,517	2,517
Pre-Roe precedents	6,748	6,748
Roe v. Wade	6,199	9,863
Doe v. Bolton	3,664	3,664
Planned Parenthood v. Casey	6,754	6,754
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization	12,567	12,567
Fetal homicide laws	2,352	2,352
Medical abortion	10,592	10,592
Legal status	52	80,716
Federal legislation	17,850	17,850
Penalties by state	19,866	19,866
State-by-state legal status	31,087	31,087
In response to the coronavirus pandemic	3,187	3,187
Sanctuary cities	8,674	8,674
Abortion financing	3,399	7,821
Abortion fund organizations	402	402
Medicaid	1,273	1,273
Private insurance	1,957	1,957
Mexico City policy	790	790
Qualifying requirements for abortion providers	1,952	1,952
Statistics	1,910	35,164
Number of abortions	5,766	5,766
Medical abortions	4,325	4,325
Abortion and religion	741	741
Abortion and ethnicity	2,995	2,995
In-state vs. out-of-state	3,034	3,034
Motherhood	1,764	1,764
Reasons for abortions	6,145	6,145
When women have abortions (by gestational age)	1,177	1,177
Safety of abortions	3,340	3,340
Birth control effects	3,967	3,967
Public opinion	7,244	29,338
By gender and age	1,286	1,286
By educational level	2,647	2,647
By gender, party, and region	1,561	1,561
By trimester of pregnancy	2,476	2,476
By circumstance or reasons	5,576	5,576
Additional polls	6,684	6,684
Intact dilation and extraction	1,864	1,864
Positions of political parties	10,989	10,989
Effects of legalization and impact of abortion bans	15,803	19,947
Travel to Mexico	4,144	4,144
Unintended live birth	6,797	6,797
See also	406	406
Notes	45	45
References	28	28
Further reading	2,092	2,092
External links	1,867	1,867
Total	309,572	309,572

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Public Opinion section correction request

Under the "Public Opinion section" is states that: "A 2022 poll by the Pew Research Center, found that 47% polled said that women who had an abortion should face a penalty."

However, the referenced Pew Research Center poll says that 47% polled said there should be a penalty for situationa where the abortion occurs illegally. I request that the line be changed to "A 2022 poll by the Pew Research Center, found that 47% polled said that women who had an illegal abortion should face a penalty." 2603:6080:B207:AE70:1423:FE83:94A6:75E8 (talk) 01:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mia leading

All denominations of Christianity and Judaism strongly oppose abortion in the second half of pregnancy when the mother’s life is not at stake. Also no limit might just mean no laws regarding abortion. 136.37.105.109 (talk) 20:41, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove the political campaign photo of Harris/Walz under the section about Mifepristone. It's completely out of place and is current political advocacy. 64.222.144.28 (talk) 05:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair comment; done William M. Connolley (talk) 08:27, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion Bans in Developed Nations

The paragraph below containing the following has a statement that is not backed by a reference which is also a false statement "Despite the view that it "gets the United States in line with other developed nations", it leaves out the fact that none of those nations ban abortion." As an example: "In most countries, abortion is permitted before the fetus is viable, which is usually around 12 weeks in Germany and Italy, and 14 weeks in France and Spain. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have the longest term limits at 24 weeks." - This is even in the Wikipedia article for Abortion in Europe.

Though her statement may not be 100% accurate it is incorrect to have that line after the referenced fact.

"n September 13, 2022, Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who had previously stated that abortion should be left up to each state, introduced legislation that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the patient, named the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. This law would require states to ban abortion after 15 weeks, but it would not require states with stricter bans to allow it up to that point. Despite the view that it "gets the United States in line with other developed nations", it leaves out the fact that none of those nations ban abortion. Graham had previously introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which set the period at 20 weeks." 2001:8003:A0FF:9600:7CCB:2342:B165:E735 (talk) 10:21, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]