2014's Most Outrageous Attacks on Women's Health (So Far)
Don't know if this had been posted somewhere before but even if it has, it's worth repeating.
Rolling Stone
2014's Most Outrageous Attacks on Women's Health (So Far)
South Carolina, Kansas, Alabama and more take aim at reproductive rights
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/2014s-most-outrageous-attacks-on-womens-health-so-far-20140502
It's undeniable that American women are facing a dire crisis when it comes to reproductive healthcare. From 2011 to 2013, a record 205 abortion restrictions were enacted throughout the country – topping the total of 189 abortion restrictions enacted in the entire preceding decade. In 2013 alone, 39 states enacted 141 provisions related to reproductive rights, and half of those restricted abortion care specifically. Unfortunately, 2014 is right on trend so far. According to the Guttmacher Institute, legislators have introduced a combined 733 provisions related to sexual and reproductive health and rights so far this year, and it's only May.
As the war on reproductive rights wages on, the types of restrictions proposed and passed in state legislatures have grown increasingly egregious and some, outright preposterous. Here are a few of 2014's most outrageous laws so far:
1. South Carolina tries to extend "Stand Your Ground" to fetuses
Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law has been widely criticized, particularly in response to the deaths of unarmed black teens Travyon Martin and Jordan Davis. But a State Senate committee in South Carolina has apparently decided that not only do they support the state's "Stand Your Ground" law, but that it doesn't go far enough....
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