The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Follow here for the latest.
Access to safe abortions (formerly a constitutional right like free speech and guns) will be entirely removed in large parts of the country. Raped by a family member and the pregnancy is threatening your life? Oh well, you have no right to life or bodily autonomy.
You’re right, the ruling passed the authority to the states. There are some where there will be no change, but also some that have already criminalized it. The trouble is that regardless of what your local government decides access to safe and effective abortions is no longer a right guaranteed by our strongest institutions.
Also wtf “we don’t regulate guns but we regulate women”
Yep, one is dangerous and a threat to children that needs strict laws to keep the public safe. The other is a gun.
What does this mean for the people? In simple concrete terms
Access to safe abortions (formerly a constitutional right like free speech and guns) will be entirely removed in large parts of the country. Raped by a family member and the pregnancy is threatening your life? Oh well, you have no right to life or bodily autonomy.
The states can’t/wont enforce their own rights to abortion?
Also wtf “we don’t regulate guns but we regulate women”
You’re right, the ruling passed the authority to the states. There are some where there will be no change, but also some that have already criminalized it. The trouble is that regardless of what your local government decides access to safe and effective abortions is no longer a right guaranteed by our strongest institutions.
Yep, one is dangerous and a threat to children that needs strict laws to keep the public safe. The other is a gun.