Texas and Tennessee, along with other states, put in place anti-abortion trigger laws, banning abortion and making it inaccessible for millions of women.
Since the 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, access to abortion grows more limited with each day that passes by. On Thursday, Tennessee, Idaho, and Texas, have banned abortion, thus affecting the lives of millions of women. Due to trigger laws, which according to Merriam-Webster are laws that “are unenforceable but upon the occurrence of an event become enforceable,” these three states have been able to successfully ban abortions, and unfortunately, only more will follow suit.
ADVERTISEMENT — Vice President Kamala Harris August 25, 2022 Prior to the trigger laws put in place yesterday, Texas had essentially already banned abortion. Just last year, the state passed a law that made abortions illegal “unless the pregnant woman was at risk of death or substantial impairment of a major bodily function." What today’s ruling did was worsen the punishments that doctors or other medical professionals will be forced to pay if they perform these procedures.
If you thought that things couldn’t get any worse, think again. On Saturday, Oklahoma will put into place its trigger laws regarding abortion, eradicating an essential part of women’s healthcare for the foreseeable future. As of today, 12 states, including South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri, have made abortion almost completely illegal .
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