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Legislation

Abortion-law documents (type: "legislation") in four flavors — US state/DC, US federal, Canada province/territory, and Canada federal. Everything the datatype contains is on this page.

A record, end to end

One real published record, abridged. Flip the tiers to see exactly what each file adds — every field below is documented on this page.

legislation/<abbr>.json

{
  "schema": "abhortion.org/legislation.summary/v1",
  "id": "legality-us-al",
  "type": "legislation",
  "level": "state",
  "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
  "as_of_date": "2026-07-12",
  "research_completed_date": "2026-07-12",
  "headline": "Total ban since June 24, 2022",
  "summary": "Alabama enforces a near-total ban on abortion from fertilization, with a narrow exception for serious health …",
  "machine_readable_summary": {
    "legal_classification": "total_ban",
    "gestational_limit_weeks": 0,
    "limit_measured_from": "fertilization",
    "abortion_currently_available": "no",
    "ban_or_limit_enjoined": false,
    "mother_expressly_exempt": true,
    "…": "+30 more fields"
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.md",
    "summary_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.json",
    "full_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-full.json",
    "verbose_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-verbose.json"
  }
}

{
  "schema": "abhortion.org/legislation.full/v1",
  "id": "legality-us-al",
  "type": "legislation",
  "level": "state",
  "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
  "as_of_date": "2026-07-12",
  "research_completed_date": "2026-07-12",
  "headline": "Total ban since June 24, 2022",
  "summary": "Alabama enforces a near-total ban on abortion from fertilization, with a narrow exception for serious health …",
  "machine_readable_summary": {
    "legal_classification": "total_ban",
    "gestational_limit_weeks": 0,
    "limit_measured_from": "fertilization",
    "…": "+33 more fields"
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.md",
    "summary_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.json",
    "full_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-full.json",
    "verbose_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-verbose.json"
  },
  "overview": {
    "title": "Total ban since June 24, 2022",
    "summary": "Alabama enforces a near-total ban on abortion from fertilization, with a narrow exception for s…",
    "description": "Abortion is illegal in Alabama at every stage of pregnancy, from the moment of fertilization. T…",
    "verification": "verified",
    "confidence": "high",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Justia",
        "href": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h/section-26-23h-4"
      },
      "… +1 more item"
    ]
  },
  "sections": {
    "definitions": {
      "title": "Broad definition with carve-outs",
      "summary": "Alabama defines abortion as an intentional act to terminate a pregnancy knowing it will likely …",
      "description": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-3(1) defines 'abortion' as: 'The use or prescription of any instrument, medi…",
      "verification": "verified",
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Justia",
          "href": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h/section-26-23h-3"
        }
      ]
    },
    "…": "+12 more sections"
  },
  "penalties": [
    {
      "actor": "Physician performing illegal abortion",
      "offense": "Performing an abortion in violation of the Alabama Human Life Protection Act",
      "penalty": "Class A felony: 10 years to 99 years or life imprisonment (Ala. Code § 13A-5-6(a)(1)); plus lic…",
      "verification": "verified",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Alabama Legislature",
          "href": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-23H-6"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +6 more items"
  ],
  "recent_changes": [
    {
      "date": "2022-06-24",
      "event": "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decided; Alabama's trigger provision in the Human …",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Alabama Legislature",
          "href": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-23H-8"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +5 more items"
  ],
  "pending_changes": [
    {
      "name": "Yellowhammer Fund v. Marshall (potential appeal)",
      "type": "litigation",
      "status": "Permanent injunction entered March 31, 2025; appeal to the Eleventh Circuit likely. Alabama Att…",
      "effect": "If reversed, Alabama could resume threatening to prosecute those who help residents travel out …",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Reuters",
          "href": "https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/alabama-cannot-prosecute-those-who-help-travel-abortio…"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +3 more items"
  ],
  "key_authorities": [
    {
      "name": "Alabama Human Life Protection Act",
      "citation": "Ala. Code §§ 26-23H-1 to 26-23H-8",
      "type": "statute",
      "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h",
      "why": "The operative total abortion ban, effective June 24, 2022, making it a Class A felony to perfor…"
    },
    "… +14 more items"
  ],
  "research_notes": {
    "overall_confidence": "high",
    "editor_notes": "The Yellowhammer Fund v. Marshall appeal should be monitored closely — if reversed, the legal l…",
    "gaps": [
      "The precise post-Dobbs procedural posture of the permanent injunction against the D&E/dismember…",
      "… +3 more items"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "schema": "abhortion.org/legislation.verbose/v1",
  "id": "legality-us-al",
  "type": "legislation",
  "level": "state",
  "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
  "as_of_date": "2026-07-12",
  "research_completed_date": "2026-07-12",
  "headline": "Total ban since June 24, 2022",
  "summary": "Alabama enforces a near-total ban on abortion from fertilization, with a narrow exception for serious health …",
  "machine_readable_summary": {
    "legal_classification": "total_ban",
    "gestational_limit_weeks": 0,
    "limit_measured_from": "fertilization",
    "…": "+33 more fields"
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.md",
    "summary_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.json",
    "full_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-full.json",
    "verbose_json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al-verbose.json"
  },
  "overview": {
    "title": "Total ban since June 24, 2022",
    "summary": "Alabama enforces a near-total ban on abortion from fertilization, with a narrow exception for s…",
    "description": "Abortion is illegal in Alabama at every stage of pregnancy, from the moment of fertilization. T…",
    "legal_analysis": "The Alabama Human Life Protection Act, Ala. Code § 26-23H-4, enacted in 2019 (Act 2019-189), be…",
    "quote": "It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion …",
    "verification": "verified",
    "confidence": "high",
    "citations": [
      {
        "name": "Justia",
        "href": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h/section-26-23h-4",
        "citation": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-4(a)",
        "pinpoint": "subsection (a)",
        "…": "+3 more keys"
      },
      "… +1 more item"
    ]
  },
  "sections": {
    "definitions": {
      "title": "Broad definition with carve-outs",
      "summary": "Alabama defines abortion as an intentional act to terminate a pregnancy knowing it will likely …",
      "description": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-3(1) defines 'abortion' as: 'The use or prescription of any instrument, medi…",
      "quote": "The term does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ecto…",
      "note": "The definitional exclusion for lethal fetal anomaly functions as a de facto exception. For IVF …",
      "verification": "verified",
      "confidence": "high",
      "citations": [
        {
          "name": "Justia",
          "href": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h/section-26-23h-3",
          "citation": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-3",
          "pinpoint": "subsection (1)",
          "…": "+3 more keys"
        }
      ]
    },
    "…": "+12 more sections"
  },
  "penalties": [
    {
      "actor": "Physician performing illegal abortion",
      "offense": "Performing an abortion in violation of the Alabama Human Life Protection Act",
      "penalty": "Class A felony: 10 years to 99 years or life imprisonment (Ala. Code § 13A-5-6(a)(1)); plus lic…",
      "verification": "verified",
      "citations": [
        {
          "name": "Alabama Legislature",
          "href": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-23H-6",
          "citation": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-6(a)",
          "pinpoint": "subsection (a)",
          "…": "+3 more keys"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +6 more items"
  ],
  "recent_changes": [
    {
      "date": "2022-06-24",
      "event": "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decided; Alabama's trigger provision in the Human …",
      "citations": [
        {
          "name": "Alabama Legislature",
          "href": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-23H-8",
          "citation": "Ala. Code § 26-23H-8",
          "quote": "If this chapter is challenged and enjoined pending a final judicial decision, the existing stat…",
          "…": "+2 more keys"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +5 more items"
  ],
  "pending_changes": [
    {
      "name": "Yellowhammer Fund v. Marshall (potential appeal)",
      "type": "litigation",
      "status": "Permanent injunction entered March 31, 2025; appeal to the Eleventh Circuit likely. Alabama Att…",
      "effect": "If reversed, Alabama could resume threatening to prosecute those who help residents travel out …",
      "citations": [
        {
          "name": "Reuters",
          "href": "https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/alabama-cannot-prosecute-those-who-help-travel-abortio…",
          "citation": "Yellowhammer Fund v. Marshall, No. 2:23-cv-00450-MHT-KFP (M.D. Ala. Mar. 31, 2025)",
          "quote": "Alabama cannot prosecute people and organizations who help residents of the state travel elsewh…",
          "…": "+2 more keys"
        }
      ]
    },
    "… +3 more items"
  ],
  "key_authorities": [
    {
      "name": "Alabama Human Life Protection Act",
      "citation": "Ala. Code §§ 26-23H-1 to 26-23H-8",
      "type": "statute",
      "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-26/chapter-23h",
      "why": "The operative total abortion ban, effective June 24, 2022, making it a Class A felony to perfor…"
    },
    "… +14 more items"
  ],
  "research_notes": {
    "overall_confidence": "high",
    "editor_notes": "The Yellowhammer Fund v. Marshall appeal should be monitored closely — if reversed, the legal l…",
    "gaps": [
      "The precise post-Dobbs procedural posture of the permanent injunction against the D&E/dismember…",
      "… +3 more items"
    ]
  }
}

Lines in this colour are elisions made for this page, not part of the format.

Which file do I want?

If you are…	Fetch
Building a map, a comparison table, or a filter over jurisdictions	`<id>.json` S
Rendering the written analysis — sections, penalties, timelines	`<id>-full.json` F
Quoting the law, or checking a claim against its source	`<id>-verbose.json` V

The tiers are cumulative — moving up a tier never drops information. The full file contains every field the summary file has; the verbose file contains everything in the full file. The one transformation: each compact sources array is expanded in place into a richer citations array — the same links, plus verbatim quotes and formal citations. The S/F/V badges above each table mark which tiers carry those fields.

<id>.json — summary S: identity, headline/summary, the full machine-readable summary, and links.
<id>-full.json — full F: all of the above plus the whole document body (overview, sections, penalties, changes, authorities) with compact sources — but without the heavy legal-analysis/quote/citation detail.
<id>-verbose.json — verbose V: everything in the full file, with sources upgraded to full citations and each finding gaining legal_analysis and a verbatim quote.

Conventions

These hold across every file documented on this page.

Minified	All JSON is emitted minified (single line). Pretty-print it locally if you need to read it.
Key-addressable	Content is reached by key, not by searching arrays — e.g. `sections.methods.medication`, `sections.exceptions.life`. The only fixed-enum array (`exceptions`) is published as an object keyed by `exception_type`.
Absent = not applicable	Empty values (`null`, `""`, `[]`, `{}`) are omitted. A missing key means "not present / not applicable", never "we forgot".
Ordered lists stay arrays	`penalties`, `recent_changes`, `pending_changes`, and `key_authorities` are arrays — order is meaningful and they have no unique key.
Absolute cross-links	The `links` block on every record uses absolute `https://www.abhortion.org` URLs.

Files

Index: https://www.abhortion.org/legislation.json (US) and https://www.abhortion.org/legislation-canada.json (Canada)
US states/DC: /legislation/<abbr>.json + -full.json + -verbose.json (e.g. mn)
US federal: /legislation/federal.json (+ tiers)
Canada: /legislation/ca-<code>.json and /legislation/ca-federal.json (+ tiers)

Index items carry id, jurisdiction, level, a classification / access_classification object ({ code, label }), a couple of headline fields, and links.

one item from https://www.abhortion.org/legislation.json

{
  "id": "legality-us-al",
  "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
  "level": "state",
  "classification": {
    "code": "total_ban",
    "label": "Total ban"
  },
  "gestational_limit_weeks": 0,
  "abortion_currently_available": "no",
  "links": {
    "html": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.md",
    "json": "https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/al.json"
  }
}

The record envelope

Every record documented on this page shares this top-level shape.

Field	Type	Tiers	Description
`schema`	string	SFV	Identifies the module and tier, e.g. `abhortion.org/legislation.summary/v1`. The three tiers use the suffixes `.summary`, `.full`, and `.verbose`.
`id`	string	SFV	Stable record id, e.g. `legality-us-mn` or `agitation-us-mn-minneapolis`.
`type`	string	SFV	Module: `legislation` or `agitation`.
`level`	string	SFV	Jurisdiction level: `state`, `federal`, `province`, or `city`.
`jurisdiction`	string	SFV	Human-readable jurisdiction name (e.g. "Minnesota", "Minneapolis, Minnesota").
`as_of_date`	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	SFV	Date the legal analysis is current through.
`research_completed_date`	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	SFV	Date the underlying research was completed.
`headline`	string	SFV	Short table-cell label for the jurisdiction (extracted from the overview finding).
`summary`	string	SFV	One-sentence bottom line (extracted from the overview finding).
`machine_readable_summary`	object	SFV	The flat, machine-readable determination set — present in every tier (it is what makes the light summary file self-sufficient). Module-specific — documented per document type below. See US state / DC, US federal, Canada province, Canada federal.
`overview`	finding	SFV	The jurisdiction overview, as a finding atom (the source of `headline` and `summary`).
`sections`	object	SFV	The body content, keyed by section name. Documented per document type below. See US state / DC, US federal, Canada province, Canada federal.
`penalties`	array	SFV	Penalty rows (see “Penalties, changes & authorities”).
`recent_changes`	array	SFV	Dated timeline of changes.
`pending_changes`	array	SFV	Live litigation / legislation / rulemaking.
`key_authorities`	array	SFV	The controlling authorities.
`research_notes`	object	SFV	Overall confidence, unresolved gaps, and editor notes.
`links`	object	SFV	Absolute URLs to the sibling representations: `html`, `markdown`, and the JSON tiers (`summary_json`, `full_json`, `verbose_json`).

The finding atom

The recurring unit of content. overview is one; most sections leaves are too. Its fields depend on the tier.

Field	Type	Tiers	Description
`title`	string	SFV	Short table-cell label — the finding’s bottom line in 2–6 words.
`summary`	string	SFV	Exactly one sentence: the finding’s bottom line, display-ready.
`description`	string	SFV	A 2–6 sentence plain-language explanation a layperson can read as-is.
`type`	string	SFV	Present only on exception findings — the `exception_type` value (also the key under `sections.exceptions`).
`county`	string	SFV	Present only on `legal_layers.county_law` findings (agitation) — the county name.
`verification`	enum	SFV	How well-confirmed the finding is. `verified` The quoted text was confirmed at the cited URL. `verify_before_publication` Well-supported, but the exact text was not confirmed at a primary source. Confirm before relying on it. `semi_verified` Added by the research runner, not the model: the model marked it verified but none of the cited pages were opened in full during the run (matched search snippets only). Stronger than verify_before_publication, weaker than verified. `conflicting_sources` Authorities genuinely disagree; the conflict is named in the finding’s conflicting_authority (verbose tier). `not_applicable` The jurisdiction has no law on this point; the summaries explain the resulting default.
`confidence`	enum	SFV	How settled the legal conclusion is. `high` The legal conclusion is settled. `medium` Reasonably settled, some uncertainty. `low` Unsettled — e.g. an enjoined statute whose future effect is unclear. Independent of whether the quote itself was verified.
`sources`	array of {name, href}	SFV	Compact source links (full tier only). Each: `name` (publisher) + `href` (direct URL).
`legal_analysis`	string	SFV	The precise legal treatment for a legally literate reader (verbose tier only).
`quote`	string	SFV	The single most operative statutory/case text, verbatim (verbose tier only).
`conflicting_authority`	string	SFV	Present when authorities disagree — names the conflict and cites both sides.
`note`	string	SFV	An editor’s note to the reader: caveats or what to re-check.
`citations`	array of citation objects	SFV	Full citations (verbose tier only) — replaces `sources`. See below.

US state / DC — `machine_readable_summary`

All fields below appear in SFV summary · full · verbose
Field	Type	Description
`legal_classification`	enum	The jurisdiction’s overall abortion-law posture. `total_ban` Abortion banned at all/nearly all stages. `gestational_limit` Banned after a set number of weeks. `viability_limit` Banned after fetal viability. `protected_by_statute` An affirmative statutory right. `protected_by_constitution` An affirmative state-constitutional right. `no_specific_protection_or_ban` Neither a specific ban nor a specific protection is in force.
`gestational_limit_weeks`	number \| null	Weeks at which abortion becomes generally prohibited; `0` for a total ban, `null` if no gestational limit.
`limit_measured_from`	enum \| null	How the gestational limit is measured. `fertilization` From fertilization. `last_menstrual_period` From the last menstrual period (LMP). `implantation` From implantation. `null` No limit / not applicable.
`abortion_currently_available`	enum	Whether a person can lawfully obtain an abortion in-state today, as enforced. `yes` Available. `severely_restricted` Available only in narrow circumstances. `no` Effectively unavailable. `unclear` Status genuinely uncertain.
`ban_or_limit_enjoined`	boolean	Whether the primary ban/limit is currently blocked by a court.
`mother_expressly_exempt`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether the pregnant woman is expressly shielded from criminal/civil liability.
`mother_prosecutable_in_practice`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether, as enforced, she faces realistic criminal exposure for procuring or self-managing.
`self_managed_abortion_criminalized`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether any statute reaches a person who self-manages.
`abortion_charged_as_homicide`	boolean	Whether abortion itself can be charged under the homicide statutes.
`fetal_homicide_law`	boolean	Whether a third party can be charged with homicide of a fetus.
`fetal_wrongful_death_action`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether a civil wrongful-death claim lies for an unborn child.
`personhood_language_in_law`	boolean	Statutory/constitutional language defining the unborn as a person.
`personhood_contradiction`	boolean	Personhood/fetal-homicide language coexists with provisions permitting abortion or exempting the mother.
`medication_abortion_distinct_status`	boolean	Whether medication abortion is governed differently from procedural abortion.
`mailing_pills_banned`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether mailing abortion medication into/within the jurisdiction is prohibited.
`method_bans`	array of enum	Method-specific bans in force; empty array if none. `d_and_e` Dilation-and-evacuation ("dismemberment") ban. `d_and_x` Dilation-and-extraction ("partial-birth") ban.
`telehealth_prescribing_allowed`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether abortion medication may be prescribed by telehealth.
`physician_only_law`	boolean	Whether only licensed physicians may perform or prescribe.
`provider_max_penalty`	string \| null	Display string for the most severe provider penalty; `null` if none.
`helpers_criminally_exposed`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether anyone who assists (funds, drives, informs, mails) faces exposure.
`travel_assistance_criminalized`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether helping someone travel out of state is criminalized ("abortion trafficking").
`civil_bounty_law`	boolean	SB8-style private civil enforcement.
`shield_state`	boolean	Whether the state shields out-of-state patients or its cross-border providers.
`waiting_period_hours`	number \| null	Mandatory delay between counseling and procedure; `null` if none.
`state_scripted_counseling`	boolean	Whether state-scripted counseling/materials are mandatory.
`ultrasound_required`	enum	The strictest ultrasound requirement in force. `none` No requirement. `offered` Must be offered. `mandatory_performed` Must be performed. `mandatory_offered` Must be performed, and viewing must be offered to the patient (used by ND/SD). `mandatory_display` Must be performed and displayed/described.
`in_person_visits_required`	number	Legally compelled in-person visits; `0` if none.
`parental_involvement`	enum	Requirement for a minor. `consent_one_parent` One parent’s consent. `consent_both_parents` Both parents’ consent. `notification_only` Notification, no consent. `consent_and_notification` Both consent and notification. `none` No requirement. `enjoined` On the books but court-blocked. `not_applicable` Not applicable.
`judicial_bypass_available`	boolean \| 'not_applicable'	Whether a judicial bypass of parental involvement exists.
`spousal_consent_or_notice_on_books`	boolean	Any spousal/paternal consent or notice statute still on the books.
`medicaid_coverage`	enum	State Medicaid coverage of abortion. `hyde_only` Only the federal Hyde categories (life, rape, incest). `broader_than_hyde` Broader than Hyde. `none` No coverage. `unclear` Uncertain.
`private_insurance_restricted`	boolean	Whether private/exchange plans are barred or restricted from covering abortion.
`state_funding_posture`	enum	How the state treats funding of providers. `funds_providers` Affirmatively funds providers. `defunds_providers` Defunds providers. `neutral` Neither. `unclear` Uncertain.
`rape_incest_exception`	boolean \| 'not_applicable'	Whether a rape/incest exception exists.
`exceptions_present`	array of enum	Exception types present; also the keys under `sections.exceptions`. Empty array if abortion is not restricted enough for exceptions to matter. `life` To save the pregnant person’s life. `physical_health` For serious physical-health risk. `mental_health` For mental-health risk. `rape` For pregnancies from rape. `incest` For pregnancies from incest. `fatal_fetal_anomaly` For a fatal fetal anomaly. `ectopic_miscarriage_carveout` A carve-out clarifying ectopic/miscarriage management is not "abortion".
`major_pending_change`	boolean	Live litigation, legislation, or a qualified ballot measure that could materially change the regime.

US state / DC — `sections`

All sections below appear in SFV full · verbose
Section key	Shape	What it documents
`definitions`	finding	How the jurisdiction legally defines "abortion", and what conduct the law reaches.
`current_status`	finding	The operative ban, limit, or protection: statutory basis, effective date, what is permitted/prohibited today.
`enforcement_status`	finding	Law-in-effect vs law-on-the-books: injunctions, stays, non-enforcement pledges.
`exceptions`	object of findings keyed by exception_type	One finding per exception; keys are the `exception_type` enum values. Includes `not_applicable` entries for notable ABSENT exceptions.
`methods`	group of findings — keys: `procedural_surgical`, `medication`, `self_managed`	Legality of each method and the position of a person who self-manages.
`actors`	group of findings	Who may perform (`who_may_perform`) and criminal/civil exposure by actor (`criminal_civil_exposure` → `pregnant_woman`, `physician`, `prescriber_pharmacist`, `nurses_and_staff`, `other_helpers`).
`aiding_and_assisting`	group of findings — keys: `travel_assistance`, `funding`, `mailing_pills`, `providing_information`, `civil_bounty`	Exposure for helping: travel, funding, mailing pills, information, and SB8-style civil bounty.
`procedural_requirements`	group of findings — keys: `waiting_period`, `mandatory_counseling`, `ultrasound_requirement`, `in_person_visits`	Mandatory delays, scripted counseling, ultrasound, and compelled in-person visits.
`minors`	group of findings — keys: `parental_involvement`, `judicial_bypass`	Parental consent/notification and the judicial-bypass process.
`paternal_spousal_rights`	group of findings — keys: `consent_or_notice_laws`, `enforceability`, `other_paternal_rights`	Spousal/paternal consent statutes and their enforceability after Danforth/Casey.
`fetal_personhood`	group of findings	Fetal-homicide law, wrongful death, personhood definitions, and a `contradictions_analysis` string.
`telehealth_and_interstate`	group of findings — keys: `telehealth_prescribing`, `out_of_state_travel`, `shield_or_hostile_laws`	Telehealth prescribing, out-of-state travel, and shield/hostile laws.
`funding_and_insurance`	group of findings — keys: `medicaid`, `private_insurance`, `exchange_plans`, `state_funding_of_providers`	Medicaid, private insurance, exchange plans, and provider funding.
`congressional_oversight`	finding (DC only)	DC documents add this after pending_changes.

US federal — `machine_readable_summary`

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Field	Type	Description
`constitutional_right_status`	enum	Status of any federal constitutional right after Dobbs. `none_post_dobbs` No federal constitutional right after Dobbs. `partial` Some partial protection remains. `contested` Genuinely contested.
`federal_gestational_ban`	boolean	Whether any enforceable federal gestational ban exists.
`partial_birth_ban_in_effect`	boolean	Whether the federal partial-birth ban is in effect.
`mifepristone_fda_approved`	boolean \| 'contested'	FDA approval status of mifepristone.
`mifepristone_telehealth_rems`	enum	Current REMS posture on telehealth prescribing and mail dispensing. `allowed` Telehealth/mail dispensing allowed. `restricted` Restricted. `unclear` Uncertain.
`comstock_act_enforced`	enum	Enforcement posture on 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461–1462 as applied to abortion materials. `not_currently` Not currently enforced. `contested` Contested. `enforced` Actively enforced.
`hyde_amendment_in_effect`	boolean	Whether the Hyde Amendment is in effect.
`emtala_preemption_resolved`	boolean	Whether the EMTALA-vs-state-ban conflict is definitively resolved.
`federal_personhood_law`	boolean	Any enacted federal statute defining the unborn as a person for general purposes.
`interstate_travel_protected`	enum	Legal status of the right to travel for an abortion. `yes` Protected. `presumed` Presumed protected but undecided. `contested` Contested.

US federal — `sections`

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Section key	Shape	What it documents
`dobbs_baseline`	finding	The holding of Dobbs: what it overruled and what it left open.
`definitions`	finding	How federal law defines "abortion"/"unborn child"/"person" where it matters.
`statutory_landscape`	group of findings — keys: `partial_birth_abortion_ban`, `comstock_act`, `hyde_amendment_and_riders`, `unborn_victims_act`, `church_amendments_conscience`, `born_alive_and_other`	The operative federal statutes.
`fda_and_medication`	group of findings — keys: `mifepristone_approval`, `ahm_v_fda`, `preemption`	FDA approval/REMS, AHM v. FDA, and the preemption question.
`emtala`	finding	EMTALA as a source of emergency-abortion obligations in ban states.
`federal_lands_military_va`	group of findings — keys: `military`, `veterans_affairs`, `federal_lands_and_facilities`, `federal_prisons_ihs`	Abortion policy on federal enclaves and in federal health systems.
`interstate_questions`	group of findings — keys: `right_to_travel`, `extraterritorial_state_laws`, `shield_law_conflicts`	Right to travel, extraterritorial state laws, and shield-law conflicts.
`congressional_activity`	finding	Enacted vs proposed federal legislation and why riders remain the operative tool.

Canada province — `machine_readable_summary`

Canadian documents classify access, not legality — abortion is legal throughout Canada.

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Field	Type	Description
`access_classification`	enum	Access regime (abortion is legal throughout Canada; this classifies ACCESS). `broad_access` Broadly accessible. `funding_gaps` Gaps in public funding. `geographic_gaps` Gaps in geographic availability. `minimal_local_services` Minimal local services.
`criminal_restrictions`	boolean	Whether any enforceable criminal restriction exists (should be false — criminal law is federal).
`restriction_attempts_present_or_past`	boolean	Whether the jurisdiction has ever enacted access restrictions, enforceable or not.
`insured_service`	enum	Whether abortion is an insured service under the health plan. `fully_insured` Fully insured. `partially_insured` Partially insured. `unclear` Uncertain.
`clinic_abortions_funded`	boolean \| 'not_applicable'	Whether out-of-hospital clinic abortions are publicly funded (`not_applicable` if no clinics operate).
`reciprocal_billing_covered`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether abortion is covered under interprovincial reciprocal billing.
`travel_assistance_program`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether a public program funds patient travel/accommodation.
`services_locally_available`	enum	Where abortion is actually provided within the jurisdiction. `hospitals_and_clinics` Both hospitals and clinics. `hospitals_only` Hospitals only. `clinics_only` Clinics only. `medication_only` Medication abortion only. `none` Not provided locally.
`surgical_service_limit_weeks`	number \| null	Latest gestational age at which procedural abortion is actually offered locally (a service-policy limit, not a legal one); `null` if not offered.
`medication_abortion_available`	enum	Availability of medication abortion. `yes` Available. `limited` Limited. `no` Not available.
`mifegymiso_universally_covered`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether the drug’s cost is covered for all residents.
`telehealth_prescribing_available`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether telehealth prescribing is available.
`safe_access_zone_law`	boolean	Whether a statutory safe-access/buffer-zone law exists.
`effective_referral_required`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether the regulator requires objecting physicians to provide an effective referral.
`institutional_objection_present`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether publicly funded faith-based facilities decline to provide abortion.
`minor_consent_regime`	enum	How a minor consents. `mature_minor_common_law` Common-law mature-minor rule. `statutory_age` A statutory age of consent. `unclear` Uncertain.
`statutory_consent_age`	number \| null	Statutory age of medical consent if one exists; `null` under a pure mature-minor regime.
`parental_involvement_required`	boolean	Whether any law/policy requires parental consent or notification.
`fetal_wrongful_death_action`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether a civil claim lies for the death of a fetus.
`major_pending_change`	boolean	Live litigation/legislation/policy review that could materially change access.

Canada province — `sections`

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Section key	Shape	What it documents
`division_of_powers`	finding	What the jurisdiction constitutionally can and cannot do (criminal law is federal).
`current_status`	finding	The operative legal/regulatory framework: what is funded, offered, restricted.
`funding_and_insurance`	group of findings — keys: `provincial_health_plan`, `clinic_vs_hospital_funding`, `reciprocal_billing`, `travel_assistance`	Coverage, clinic vs hospital funding, reciprocal billing, and travel support.
`service_availability`	group of findings — keys: `where_available`, `gestational_service_limits`	Where abortion is actually provided and the latest gestational age served.
`methods`	group of findings — keys: `procedural_surgical`, `medication`, `self_managed`	Availability/regulation of each method.
`providers_and_regulation`	group of findings — keys: `who_may_provide`, `conscience_and_referral`, `institutional_refusal`	Who may provide, conscience/referral rules, and institutional refusal.
`safe_access_zones`	finding	Any statutory safe-access/buffer-zone law and challenges.
`minors`	group of findings — keys: `consent_capacity`, `confidentiality`	Minor consent capacity and confidentiality.
`fetal_status_and_paternal_rights`	group of findings — keys: `civil_fetal_status`, `paternal_rights`, `pregnancy_and_state_intervention`	Civil fetal status, paternal rights, and state intervention in pregnancy.
`telehealth_and_interjurisdictional`	group of findings — keys: `telehealth`, `cross_border_patients`	Telehealth into/within the jurisdiction and cross-border patients.
`federal_territorial_context`	finding (territories only)	Territories add this after telehealth_and_interjurisdictional.

Canada federal — `machine_readable_summary`

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Field	Type	Description
`criminal_prohibition_exists`	boolean	Whether any enforceable federal criminal prohibition exists (should be false post-Morgentaler).
`charter_right_status`	enum	How far Charter jurisprudence actually goes. `no_declared_substantive_right` No declared substantive right (Morgentaler struck s. 251 on s. 7 grounds without declaring a right). `procedural_holding_only` A procedural holding only. `declared_right` A declared substantive right.
`abortion_offence_on_books`	boolean	Whether any abortion-specific offence remains in the Criminal Code.
`born_alive_rule`	boolean	Whether Criminal Code s. 223’s born-alive rule remains law.
`fetal_homicide_law`	boolean	Whether killing a fetus is a distinct federal homicide offence.
`pregnancy_aggravating_factor`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Whether the victim’s pregnancy is a sentencing aggravating factor.
`mifegymiso_approved`	boolean	Whether Mifegymiso is approved.
`telehealth_prescribing_allowed`	boolean \| 'unclear'	Federal posture on prescribing without an in-person visit.
`pharmacist_dispensing_allowed`	boolean	Whether pharmacist dispensing is allowed.
`canada_health_act_covers_abortion`	boolean \| 'contested'	Whether abortion is treated as an insured, medically necessary service under the CHA.
`cha_penalties_ever_levied`	boolean	Whether the federal government has ever withheld transfers over abortion access/fees.
`federal_conscience_statute`	boolean	Any enacted federal conscientious-objection statute.
`federal_personhood_law`	boolean	Any enacted federal statute defining the fetus as a person.
`interprovincial_travel_protected`	enum	Legal status of traveling between provinces or abroad for an abortion. `yes` Protected. `presumed` Presumed protected. `contested` Contested.
`major_pending_change`	boolean	Live litigation/legislation/rulemaking that could materially change the federal regime.

Canada federal — `sections`

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Section key	Shape	What it documents
`morgentaler_baseline`	finding	R v Morgentaler (1988): what it struck and what it did not decide.
`definitions`	finding	Criminal Code s. 223/238 and the 2019 repeal of ss. 287–288.
`charter_jurisprudence`	group of findings — keys: `section_7`, `fetal_status_cases`, `recriminalization_analysis`	The s. 7 analysis, fetal-status cases, and a recriminalization analysis.
`statutory_landscape`	group of findings — keys: `criminal_code_remnants`, `failed_bills`, `sentencing_and_pregnancy`	Remaining Criminal Code provisions, failed bills, and sentencing.
`health_canada_and_medication`	group of findings — keys: `mifegymiso_regulation`, `prescribing_and_dispensing`, `importation_and_self_sourcing`	Mifegymiso regulation, prescribing/dispensing, and self-sourcing.
`canada_health_act`	group of findings — keys: `insured_service_status`, `enforcement`, `limits_of_the_lever`	Abortion under the CHA, enforcement history, and the lever’s limits.
`conscience_and_providers`	finding	Absence of a federal conscience statute; regulator policies as operative law.
`federal_programs`	group of findings — keys: `canadian_forces`, `federal_inmates`, `indigenous_and_refugee_health`	Coverage under federal health programs.
`cross_border`	group of findings — keys: `interprovincial`, `international`, `us_spillover`	Interprovincial and international travel, and US-law spillover.
`parliamentary_activity`	finding	Enacted vs proposed federal legislation and the risk of legal change.

penalties[]

Legislation penalty rows carry an actor — who is exposed.

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Field	Type	Description
`actor`	string	Who faces exposure (legislation documents). Absent on agitation rows.
`offense`	string	The offense as charged, with code section.
`penalty`	string	Sentence range, fines, license consequences.
`verification`	enum	Verification status for the row. `verified` The quoted text was confirmed at the cited URL. `verify_before_publication` Well-supported, but the exact text was not confirmed at a primary source. Confirm before relying on it. `semi_verified` Added by the research runner, not the model: the model marked it verified but none of the cited pages were opened in full during the run (matched search snippets only). Stronger than verify_before_publication, weaker than verified. `conflicting_sources` Authorities genuinely disagree; the conflict is named in the finding’s conflicting_authority (verbose tier). `not_applicable` The jurisdiction has no law on this point; the summaries explain the resulting default.
`sources`	array of {name, href}	Compact source links (full tier).
`citations`	array of citation objects	Full citations (verbose tier) — replaces `sources`.

recent_changes[]

A dated timeline of changes already in force, oldest first.

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Field	Type	Description
`date`	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	When the change took effect.
`event`	string	What changed, as display text.
`sources`	array of {name, href}	Compact source links (full tier).
`citations`	array of citation objects	Full citations (verbose tier) — replaces `sources`.

pending_changes[]

Live litigation, bills, ballot measures, and rulemaking that could still move the law.

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Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	The case, bill, measure, or rulemaking.
`status`	string	Where it currently stands.
`effect`	string	What would change if it succeeds.
`type`	enum	What kind of pending change this is. `litigation` Live court case. `legislation` A pending bill (state or federal legislature). `ballot_measure` A qualified ballot initiative (US state). `rulemaking` Pending administrative rulemaking (US federal). `executive_action` Pending executive action (US federal). `regulation` Pending regulation (Canada). `ordinance` A pending city ordinance (agitation). `state_legislation` A pending state bill affecting a city (agitation). `policy` An announced policy or enforcement change.
`sources`	array of {name, href}	Compact source links (full tier).
`citations`	array of citation objects	Full citations (verbose tier) — replaces `sources`.

key_authorities[]

The controlling authorities for the document, deduplicated.

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Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Common name of the authority.
`citation`	string	Formal legal citation.
`url`	string	Direct link to the authority.
`why`	string	One sentence on why it controls.
`type`	enum	Kind of authority. `statute` A statute or code section. `case` A judicial opinion. `regulation` A regulation. `constitution` A constitutional provision. `ballot_measure` A ballot measure (US state). `agency_action` An agency action (federal documents). `regulator_policy` A professional-regulator policy (Canada). `municipal_code` A municipal code section (agitation). `county_code` A county code section (agitation). `consent_decree` A consent decree (agitation).

research_notes

How much weight the document itself will bear.

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Field	Type	Description
`overall_confidence`	enum	Confidence in the document as a whole. `high` The legal conclusion is settled. `medium` Reasonably settled, some uncertainty. `low` Unsettled — e.g. an enjoined statute whose future effect is unclear. Independent of whether the quote itself was verified.
`editor_notes`	string	Editor’s note on the document. Present only when non-empty.
`gaps`	array of strings	Unresolved points the research could not settle. Present only when non-empty.

Source & citation objects

In the full tier, sources are compact { name, href } objects. In the verbose tier they are replaced by richer citation objects.

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Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Publisher of the URL (e.g. "Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes").
`href`	string	Direct URL to the specific provision or opinion.
`citation`	string	Formal legal citation (e.g. "Minn. Stat. § 145.409").
`pinpoint`	string	Subsection, paragraph, or page the quote appears in. Absent if the whole document is the target.
`quote`	string	The exact text at this URL supporting the claim, verbatim.
`source_type`	enum	Kind of source. `statute` A statute or code section. `case` A judicial opinion. `regulation` An administrative regulation or rule. `constitution` A constitutional provision. `ag_opinion` An attorney-general opinion. `agency_guidance` Guidance issued by an agency. `ballot_measure` A ballot initiative or referendum. `municipal_code` A city ordinance / municipal code section (agitation). `county_code` A county ordinance / code section (agitation). `consent_decree` A consent decree or settlement (agitation). `secondary` A secondary source (news, advocacy, scholarship) — only ever an additional citation, never the sole support.
`accessed`	string	Which edition/version of the source the quote reflects. Absent if not meaningful.