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Public Health Consequences of Abortion Criminalization

By Jacqueline Froelich
Published August 16, 2022 at 2:14 PM CDT
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to end a 50-year constitutional protection to abortion, leaving it to individual state legislatures to control reproductive rights, more than two dozen states have enacted restrictions or bans so far, including Arkansas. Experts and pro-choice advocates warn abortion criminalization poses a public health threat.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>
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