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Section size for Abortion in the United States (52 sections)
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Terminology	3,138	3,138
History	13	64,945
Early history and rise of anti-abortion legislation	32,729	32,729
Sherri Finkbine	3,236	3,236
Pre-Roe precedents	6,377	6,377
Roe v. Wade	4,615	7,573
Doe v. Bolton	2,958	2,958
Planned Parenthood v. Casey	6,103	6,103
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization	8,914	8,914
Travel to Mexico	3,192	3,192
Medical abortion	8,767	8,767
Legal status	52	58,515
Federal legislation	11,377	11,377
Penalties by state	14,400	14,400
State-by-state legal status	24,066	24,066
In response to the coronavirus pandemic	2,541	2,541
Sanctuary cities	6,079	6,079
Abortion financing	2,688	6,592
Abortion fund organizations	402	402
Medicaid	1,273	1,273
Private insurance	1,623	1,623
Mexico City policy	606	606
Qualifying requirements for abortion providers	1,694	1,694
Statistics	2,108	29,776
Number of abortions	3,741	3,741
Medical abortions	3,503	3,503
Abortion and religion	741	741
Abortions and ethnicity	1,645	1,645
In-state vs. out-of-state	2,552	2,552
Motherhood	1,330	1,330
Reasons for abortions	5,828	5,828
When women have abortions (by gestational age)	1,021	1,021
Safety of abortions	3,340	3,340
Birth control effects	3,967	3,967
Public opinion	6,571	28,643
By gender and age	1,286	1,286
By educational level	2,647	2,647
By gender, party, and region	1,564	1,564
By trimester of pregnancy	2,476	2,476
By circumstance or reasons	5,576	5,576
Additional polls	6,659	6,659
Intact dilation and extraction	1,864	1,864
Positions of political parties	10,902	10,902
Effects of legalization and impact of abortion bans	15,803	15,803
Unintended live birth	6,850	6,850
See also	406	1,181
Cases	775	775
Notes	45	45
References	28	28
Further reading	2,092	2,092
External links	1,855	1,855
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Semi-protected edit request on 12 December 2023[edit]

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Update map Texas supreme court rules there are no exceptions to abortion law https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4354860-texas-supreme-court-rules-against-kate-cox-in-abortion-case/ 71.173.78.182 (talk) 21:59, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 22:39, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Addressing Accessibility Issues[edit]

As indicated by the two tags at the top of the article, this article's accessibility issues remain after 1.5 years. These issues have impacted readers for too long. To improve, we need colorblind-friendly versions of the article's maps and images. We also need to add alt text. I would like to start a collaborative discussion to determine that I have identified every specific image that needs an addition. I aim to develop a complete list of every issue related to the two tags in order to (a) know what needs to be done and (b) have a reference that anyone can go back to when working towards solving these issues.

The following list is a draft of all the tasks that need to be completed in order to remove those two tags. I am brainstorming and imagine the list is incomplete. Please add additional tasks, criticize current ones, or provide other forms of feedback. If no one comments within the next two weeks, I am going to work down this draft list, task-by-task, until every issue is resolved.

List:

A.) Each of the following maps needs a colorblind-friendly version (9 tasks):

    1.) Gestational Limits Map (Map 1)

    2.) Pre-1973 Map of Laws (Map 2)

    3.) Gestational Limits Map Mexico (Map 3)

    4.) Abortion Access Protections Map (Map 4)

    5.) US Minor Abortion Laws (Map 5)

    6.) US Mandatory Waiting Period Laws (Map 6)

    7.) Pre-abortion Counselling Law (Map 7)

    8.) US Mandatory Ultrasound Laws (Map 8)

    9.) State Abortion Funding Map (Map 9)

B.) Each of the following images needs a colorblind-friendly version (4 tasks):

    1.) Histogram Abortion Gestational Age 2016 (Image 1)

    2.) Abortion Rates 1973-2017 Guttmacher (Image 2)

    3.) Gallup Abortion Opinion Poll (Image 3)

    4.) Ms Magazine Cover Winter 2013 (Image 4)

C.) Each map or image above needs alternative text (13 tasks)

So far, I see a total of 26 tasks that need to be completed. What is missing? What could be removed? Are there other considerations? Let's get this done. Brom20110101 (talk) 22:49, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

make all the images grayscale, just do that, plus add text 2600:1014:A020:FC95:C93E:1EE6:9D0B:B81F (talk) 20:40, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Political Science Research Methods POLS 2399[edit]

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 January 2024 and 1 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Lunar2004 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: B.manpas.

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Update the Florida Color to the same dark red as Georgia and South Carolina have. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/01/florida-abortion-ban-upheld-by-supreme-court-ruling-desantis-heartbeat-law-next/71920329007/ 71.241.135.42 (talk) 21:43, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to that article, it should be the purple that Utah is: 18 wk rather than the 15 we show. In 30 days it will become dark red, if nothing intervenes. — kwami (talk) 03:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, 18 weeks is 15 weeks, which is really 12 weeks. So the author or editor of that article doesn't know what the law is. I think we'll wait for a better source. — kwami (talk) 03:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: per Kwamikagami. —Sirdog (talk) 05:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]