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March Sure Has Been A Shit Month For Abortion Rights
On Friday, Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller ramped up concerns when he predicted that Judge Anthony Kennedy would be retiring in the summer.
Were Kennedy, a centrist and the crucial swing vote on abortion and other matters, to retire, he would likely be replaced with a younger, more conservative and strongly anti-abortion judge who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, and it would all be over. For decades.
Several red states are already getting set to pass laws meant to be challenged in the Supreme Court as soon as Kennedy or one of the remaining pro-Roe judges abandons ship.
Within days, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is expected to sign the strictest abortion ban in the country — which would make it illegal to have an abortion after 15 weeks, with no exceptions made for rape or incest.
Louisiana is also considering a 15-week ban.
Were Kennedy, a centrist and the crucial swing vote on abortion and other matters, to retire, he would likely be replaced with a younger, more conservative and strongly anti-abortion judge who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, and it would all be over. For decades.
Several red states are already getting set to pass laws meant to be challenged in the Supreme Court as soon as Kennedy or one of the remaining pro-Roe judges abandons ship.
Within days, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is expected to sign the strictest abortion ban in the country — which would make it illegal to have an abortion after 15 weeks, with no exceptions made for rape or incest.
Louisiana is also considering a 15-week ban.
[link:https://wonkette.com/631043/march-sure-has-been-a-shit-month-for-abortion-rights|
I come from a place where abortion is effectively outlawed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35980195
Although a recent decision means that women from NI can have NHS funded abortion on the mainland - this is only a recent change and for years reproductive choices were effectively limited to hose who could afford to get a plane, or a boat and pay privately in a place where abortion is available. Not sure how that would work in the US, Mexico? Canada?