In Florida, a self-righteous minority shows us Supreme Court's post-Roe world
June 24, 2022 marked the end of an era of hard-fought expanded rights, the end of the ability of many Americans to make deeply personal decisions, to be treated like adults who can weigh the consequences and ethics of an abortion.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with a 6-3 vote Friday morning, leaving abortion up to individual states. And 26 of them are now certain or likely to ban abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Among those likely to do so is Florida, the research organization, which supports reproductive rights, says.
The court has unleashed a self-righteous minority in these states to force their narrow perspective of morality and physical autonomy onto the rest of the population. Having the right to an abortion doesn’t mean that it is an easy decision, or that the state condones it, but poll after poll shows Floridians want that decision to be made by individuals, not the government. A University of North Florida poll in February found 57% of the state’s registered voters were against the 15-week ban the governor recently signed into law.
The disconnect between our elected leaders and the public goes beyond their opinions. Florida has the fourth-highest abortion rate in the nation, falling behind only Illinois, New York and the District of Columbia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2019. There were more than 18 abortions in the state per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years, compared with the national average of about 11. That’s in a state run by Republicans who have tried for years to chip away at abortion access with measures such as a mandatory 24-hour waiting period.
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