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{{short description|Overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in the U.S. state of Vermont}}
'''Abortion in Vermont''' is legal at all stages of pregnancy. 70% of adults said in a poll by the [[Pew Research Center]] that [[abortion]] should be legal in all cases.
== Terminology ==
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{{legend|#c9c9c9|Medicaid denies abortion coverage for low-income women except for cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment.}}]]
17 states including Vermont use their own funds to cover all or most "medically necessary" abortions sought by low-income women under [[Medicaid]], 13 of which are required by State court orders to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/faq.htm|title=Frequently Asked Questions|author=Francis Roberta W.|work=Equal Rights Amendment|publisher=Alice Paul Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417234051/http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/faq.htm|archive-date=2009-04-17|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-09-13}}</ref> In 2010, the state had 699 publicly funded abortions, of which all were state funded and none were federally funded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.guttmacher.org/states/table?state=AL+AK+AZ+AR+CA+CO+CT+DE+DC+FL+GA+HI+ID+IL+IN+IA+KS+KY+LA+ME+MD+MA+MI+MN+MS+MO+MT+NE+NV+NH+NJ+NM+NY+NC+ND+OH+OK+OR+PA+RI+SC+SD+TN+TX+UT+VT+VA+WA+WV+WI+WY&topics=62&dataset=data|title=Guttmacher Data Center|website=data.guttmacher.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
== Women's abortion experiences ==
Dotty Kyle of Warren was a teenager in 1953 who found herself pregnant. After talking to her parents, Kyle and her parents decided getting an abortion would be the best option. They located a doctor who would perform an illegal abortion after their regular office hours ended. According to Kyle, the abortion "allowed me to graduate high school, go to college, marry, and have three lovely children. Without access to abortion, I would have struggled to support a child as a single mother."<ref name=":2" />
== Abortion rights views and activities ==
=== Protests ===
Women from the state participated in marches supporting abortion rights as part of a #StoptheBans movement in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/21/abortion-laws-stopthebans-rallies-set-across-nation-today/3750913002/|title=Abortion rights supporters' voices thunder at #StopTheBans rallies across the nation|last=Bacon|first=John|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref>
== Anti-abortion views and activities ==
=== Violence ===
In 1977, there were four arson attacks on abortion clinics in the United States. These took place in Minnesota, Vermont, Nebraska, and Ohio. Combined, they caused over US$1.1 million in damage.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last1=Jacobson|first1=Mireille|last2=Royer|first2=Heather|date=December 2010|title=Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services|url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w16603|journal=American Economic Journal: Applied Economics|volume=3|pages=189–223|doi=10.1257/app.3.1.189}}</ref>
== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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