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States enact record number of abortion restrictions in 2011

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States enact record number of abortion restrictions in 2011

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By almost any measure, 2011 saw unprecedented attention to issues related to reproductive health and rights at the state level.

In all 50 states, legislators introduced more than 1,100 reproductive health and rights-related provisions, a sharp increase from the 950 introduced in 2010. 
By year’s end, 135 of these provisions had been enacted in 36 states; fully 68% of these new provisions—92 in 24 states—restrict access to abortion services…

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