The push to abolish abortions stems from a moral judgement that pre-born babies are human beings with a right to life. The first amendment of the Constitution prohibits establishment of religion.
Eleven of the 26 states likely or certain to ban abortion should Roe fall are in the region, according to a Guttmacher Institute analysis. Ten of those 11 Southern states already have on the books what are known as "trigger bans."
This morning, as the Supreme Court heard the most serious challenge to abortion rights in decades, Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a stirring series of questions challenging the attempt to upend a person’s right to choose to terminate a pregnancy.
When the all-male supreme court ruled to protect abortion rights in 1973, activists didn’t foresee the fight that lay ahead
On 1 December the court is set to hear a challenge to Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortion.
Heather Booth and the Jane Collective helped thousands of people have abortions before Roe. Their example is once again relevant.
“In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State’s citizens as bounty hunters, offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors’ medical procedures.”
They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.
The statute is the culmination of a decades-long strategy to end abortion without actually banning abortion.
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