A batch of other near-total bans also were blocked in the courts after their passage in 2019.
State Rep. John McCravy, a Republican who sponsored the South Carolina ban, said Roe v. Wade was on his mind in crafting the bill. Hutchinson had favored including those exemptions but signed the bill anyway as an explicit challenge to Roe.“It is the intent of the legislation to set the stage for the Supreme Court overturning current case law,” he said.Arkansas and South Carolina are among more than 15 states where lawmakers have proposed near-total abortion bans this year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for abortion access.
Some anti-abortion activists suggest the Supreme Court may take an incremental approach, upholding measures that fall short of a near-total ban but still would weaken Roe. That ruling held that abortions should be legal up to the point of a fetus’ viability — roughly 24 weeks. “Even if Roe stays on the books, it will be harder and harder for people in the South and Midwest and Great Plains to get abortions,” Dalven said, referring to regions where Republicans generally dominate state politics. “Roberts can allow the wall to get higher and higher and yet not provoke that headline that the Supreme Court overturns Roe.”
ahart_jan They're spending money for nothing. Profligate Republicans should be put on a budget.
I guess they forgot separation of church and state and the actual meaning of it. This religious belief that abortions are immoral is for those religious folks only. This decision that women have to make it's probably the hardest decision they'll ever have to make. Leave it alone
JonLemire Republicans = American Taliban.
Ban abortion
Right of Privacy is inherently personal to one's being. Another shall not breach its sanctity even by reference. Infringing is a Crime Against Humanity. Society is not complete without the right to be left alone. Violate another's privacy and forsake your freedom.
JonLemire With respect, may they all burn in hell.
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JonLemire Why do these men think they control a women’s right? It their bodies to do what they want! Men shouldn’t be involved!
Fuck that. Old white dudes should not govern women's bodies. Makes no sense
Another blatant oppression move over women. Its time to end this once and for all and the Dems better start taking the necessary steps to make a woman's right to choose the law of the land!
cnnbrk CNN MSNBC washingtonpost business Why R republicans so against abortion when there R 9 other commandments that they TROUNCE over ? Why is that ? Is it just a catch phrase they believe they can win? They have already lost the Women's vote, so why not cause more pain?
Considering? Lol wat? They've been doing this continually for the past 20+ years.
I guess 'tough' is a euphemism for unconstitutional and utterly repressive in a Handmaid's Tale kinda way
Lost the election so it’s back to hating women’s choices I guess. Funny considering how much republicans hate giving support to new moms or children.
Anti woman bills.
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