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An activist speaks outside the Supreme Court in protest against the new Texas abortion law on September 2, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Republican lawmakers and governors in several states are planning or considering forced-birth legislation mirroring Senate Bill 8 in Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to go into effect this week--stunning and angering abortion providers and rights advocates across the country.
"This is not a 'What happens in Texas stays in Texas' situation."
--Kristin Ford, NARAL Pro-Choice America
\u201cTexas is the tip of the iceberg. As @ElizNash told @chloe_aatkins, "There are about 20 states that have already enacted comprehensive or early abortion bans." The bans are currently blocked, but other states may use Texas as a road map to undermine access. https://t.co/aqs4ze7Rjo\u201d— Guttmacher Institute (@Guttmacher Institute) 1630542541
"It's not a matter of whether that could be the end of Roe; it would be the end of Roe," Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, told the Post. "What's going on in Texas and Mississippi is that they are showing their hands. It's a clear tell as to where the end game is."
The AP reported that legislators in Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are considering new laws deputizing private citizens to enforce abortion bans, and reproductive rights groups told Politico that they expect similar bills to be proposed in Arizona, South Carolina, and Ohio.
\u201cNow that the Supreme Court has blessed Texas\u2019s amateur bounty hunter scheme, there is nothing to stop every GOP legislature from passing an identically-structured law to squeeze abortion providers out of their states. It\u2019s an open invitation, from 5 right-wingers to all of them.\u201d— Jay Willis (@Jay Willis) 1630592834
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Republican lawmakers and governors in several states are planning or considering forced-birth legislation mirroring Senate Bill 8 in Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to go into effect this week--stunning and angering abortion providers and rights advocates across the country.
"This is not a 'What happens in Texas stays in Texas' situation."
--Kristin Ford, NARAL Pro-Choice America
\u201cTexas is the tip of the iceberg. As @ElizNash told @chloe_aatkins, "There are about 20 states that have already enacted comprehensive or early abortion bans." The bans are currently blocked, but other states may use Texas as a road map to undermine access. https://t.co/aqs4ze7Rjo\u201d— Guttmacher Institute (@Guttmacher Institute) 1630542541
"It's not a matter of whether that could be the end of Roe; it would be the end of Roe," Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, told the Post. "What's going on in Texas and Mississippi is that they are showing their hands. It's a clear tell as to where the end game is."
The AP reported that legislators in Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are considering new laws deputizing private citizens to enforce abortion bans, and reproductive rights groups told Politico that they expect similar bills to be proposed in Arizona, South Carolina, and Ohio.
\u201cNow that the Supreme Court has blessed Texas\u2019s amateur bounty hunter scheme, there is nothing to stop every GOP legislature from passing an identically-structured law to squeeze abortion providers out of their states. It\u2019s an open invitation, from 5 right-wingers to all of them.\u201d— Jay Willis (@Jay Willis) 1630592834
Republican lawmakers and governors in several states are planning or considering forced-birth legislation mirroring Senate Bill 8 in Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to go into effect this week--stunning and angering abortion providers and rights advocates across the country.
"This is not a 'What happens in Texas stays in Texas' situation."
--Kristin Ford, NARAL Pro-Choice America
\u201cTexas is the tip of the iceberg. As @ElizNash told @chloe_aatkins, "There are about 20 states that have already enacted comprehensive or early abortion bans." The bans are currently blocked, but other states may use Texas as a road map to undermine access. https://t.co/aqs4ze7Rjo\u201d— Guttmacher Institute (@Guttmacher Institute) 1630542541
"It's not a matter of whether that could be the end of Roe; it would be the end of Roe," Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, told the Post. "What's going on in Texas and Mississippi is that they are showing their hands. It's a clear tell as to where the end game is."
The AP reported that legislators in Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are considering new laws deputizing private citizens to enforce abortion bans, and reproductive rights groups told Politico that they expect similar bills to be proposed in Arizona, South Carolina, and Ohio.
\u201cNow that the Supreme Court has blessed Texas\u2019s amateur bounty hunter scheme, there is nothing to stop every GOP legislature from passing an identically-structured law to squeeze abortion providers out of their states. It\u2019s an open invitation, from 5 right-wingers to all of them.\u201d— Jay Willis (@Jay Willis) 1630592834