Writing on Science Progress, Tracy A. Weitz, PhD, MPA, Director of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program at the University of California, San Francisco, warns that:

Two weeks ago the Nebraska legislature passed two new extreme anti-abortion laws: The first bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the assertion that the fetus can feel pain. The second bill requires abortion providers to screen for any characteristic thought to be “associated” with poorer health outcomes after abortion. Both laws represent extraordinary new attacks on abortion rights and the science of women’s health.