Category: Abortion

Republicans are already working on a plan to overturn Roe v. Wade

Two thirds of Americans don’t want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade but Republicans are working on it anyway

 

Abortion rights (Roe v. Wade)

This tweet is right on the money.  The nominee won’t answer questions on Roe v. Wade.  I have seen speculation that the basic decision (which was made by a Republican majority court) will not be overturned but that it will be attacked a bit at a time so states can ban abortion or make it much harder.

The fact is that rich people will still get safe abortions and poor people will suffer.  Of course, the people who oppose abortion generally oppose birth control and sex education too.  If we funded those adequately, there would be fewer abortions.  Wouldn’t everyone prefer that?

 

 

Kennedy’s retirement is bad for abortion rights

Legal abortion is in danger when Justice Kennedy is replaced by a more conservative justice.  Polling shows the majority of Americans favor legal abortions but Republicans only care about their agenda.

This article states: “As of 2017, public support for legal abortion remains as high as it has been in two decades of polling. Currently, 57% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 40% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.”

It also states: “About two-thirds of Republicans (65%) say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. By contrast, three-quarters (75%) of Democrats say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Among independents, 60% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.”

Trump administration is promoting abstinence-only sex education which doesn’t work

The Iowa Legislature passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law

The Iowa legislature has passed a bill that would ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected. The governor is pro-life but has not indicated yet if she would sign it.

From the article: “…the Republicans pressing the Iowa legislation are making a decisive turn away from the smaller, more incremental measures of the past that have, in their view, merely chipped away at abortion rights. They have a new, longer-term goal in their sights: reaching a Supreme Court that could shift in composition with a Republican president in the White House, potentially giving the anti-abortion movement a court more sympathetic to its goal of overturning Roe v. Wade than the current court is.”

Sad!

 

The Trump administration stresses abstinence as birth control

From this article: “The Trump administration has published its new plan for fighting teen pregnancy and its message to teens is clear: don’t have sex.

 Anyone who wants federal government money to fight teen pregnancy must choose from two approaches that includes preventing teens from having sex, or persuading them to stop.”

There is no evidence this approach works.

Sad!