Waiting for US Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v Wade has got anti-abortion states reved-up in passing more and more restrictive abortion laws…
These efforts are not gonna stop women from controling what goes on in their bodies….
It has just amde things more difficult …
The response to thes efforts has been varied….
Travel from these state for the procedure has increased….
Making illegal to perform the procedure thru civil and one state’s criminal law….
All their efforts won’t stop things…
It will just create new walkarounds like a pill to be the self answer….
Or?…. That airplane ticket, or car ride across the border line…..
The bill, which passed the Senate last year, would make performing an abortion a felony. Anyone convicted would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The measure heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has signaled his openness to signing antiabortion legislation into law.
The law makes an exception if the life of the mother is in danger.
If it is not blocked by the courts, the bill is scheduled to take effect this summer when the Oklahoma legislature adjourns. Unlike several other abortion bans proposed in Oklahoma this session, it does not include the emergency clause that allows a bill to take effect as soon as it’s signed by the governor….
The Abortion pill…..
As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the fate of Roe v. Wade, advocates on both sides of the fight are already positioning themselves for the next battle, over medication abortions or so-called abortion pills.
Why it matters: The pills for a medication abortion, mifepristone and misoprostol, are FDA-approved for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. The FDA lifted long-standing restrictions in December and paved the way for doctors to prescribe them online and mail them to patients.
- Republican states, meanwhile, are moving to increasingly limit access to the pills, setting up a new round of legal battles over who’ll have the final say over the distribution of the drugs.
What they’re saying: “That’s where the entire conflict is going to turn,” Mary Ziegler, a law professor at Florida State University specializing in reproductive health, tells Axios.
- Since those drugs can only be used before 10 weeks of pregnancy, the right to surgical abortions will continue to loom large, Ziegler says.
- Yes, but: “The kind of low visibility and flexibility of medication abortion is going to be really, really consequential” if the high court strikes down or guts Roe, she adds.
State of play: The abortion terrain has already shifted even before justices decided to review Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which poses a direct challenge to Roe.
- Medication abortion accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions in 2020, up from 39% in 2017, according to the Guttmacher Institute….
Abortion access travel and more….
The bill, which passed the Senate last year, would make performing an abortion a felony. Anyone convicted would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The measure heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has signaled his openness to signing antiabortion legislation into law.
The law makes an exception if the life of the mother is in danger.
If it is not blocked by the courts, the bill is scheduled to take effect this summer when the Oklahoma legislature adjourns. Unlike several other abortion bans proposed in Oklahoma this session, it does not include the emergency clause that allows a bill to take effect as soon as it’s signed by the governor….
It appears that the Supreme’s have states’ oppening the floodgates against abortion….
Kentucky Lawmakers Override Veto of Abortion Bill
“Kentucky’s GOP-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a broad abortion bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricts access to medication abortion and makes it more difficult for a minor to obtain an abortion in the state,” CNN reports.
DeSantis to Sign Bill Restricting Abortions
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “was expected to sign a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state moves to join a growing conservative push ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could limit access nationwide,” the AP reports.