Restrictions Virginia law generally prohibits abortion after viability, unless performed by a licensed physician in a licensed hospital with three physicians certifying that the continuation of the pregnancy will result in death of the pregnant person or impair their mental or physical health.[1]VA. CODE ANN. §§ 18.2-71, 18.2-74 It also prohibits the D&X method of […]
Governance Like Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has no constitution and is governed by an Organic Act, which was first enacted in 1954.[1]48 U.S.C. § 1541 et seq. Despite convening five different constitutional conventions, the USVI has not adopted a local constitution. In 1968, Congress amended the Organic Act to extend both due process […]
Governance The United States Supreme Court has held that inhabitants of Puerto Rico enjoy due process and equal protection rights.[1]Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects & Surveyors v. Flores de Otero, 426 U.S. 572, 600 (1976). Abortion has been legislated in Puerto Rico since at least 1879, and it was prohibited without exception until 1937, when […]
Restrictions New Mexico law prohibits D&X procedures.[1]N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-5A-3. In 2021, New Mexico repealed a requirement that a parent or legal guardian consent to a minor’s abortion.[2]Id. § 30-5-1(c), repealed by S.B. 10, 55th Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.M. 2021). New Mexico’s targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) laws includes reporting requirements.[3]N.M. STAT. ANN. […]
Restrictions New Hampshire law prohibits prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks LMP.[1] H.B. 2, 2021 Reg. Sess. §§ 38-39 (N.H. 2021) (eff. Jan. 1, 2022). It also prohibits D&X procedures[2]N.H. REV. STAT. § 329:34. and limits public funding for abortion.[3]See NH Dept. of Health and Human Servs., Office of Medicaid & Business Policy, Medicaid State Plan […]
