19 Republican-controlled state legislatures passed 97 abortion restrictions by July 2 of this year. 28 of those were enacted over just 4 days in April. This is the highest number since the 1973 Supreme Court RoevWade decision.
Kamyon Conner, executive director of the Texas Equal Access Fund, which provides assistance to people seeking abortions
This flurry of anti-abortion legislative activity — while the country is still struggling with a historic pandemic — is a deliberate attempt by right-wing politicians to rally their base and “keep them ginned up, which also keeps the focus away from other issues like race, education, and unemployment,” said Nash.
There is also still a lot of “stigma around [abortion], and it’s hard for people to be fully in support publicly,” said Nash. Additionally, “a lot of people don’t think about getting an abortion until they need one, and it’s only then that they realize how many barriers there are — there is an information gap about access.”
of Catholics in the United States support access to abortion in most or all cases and 68% believe thatshould not be overturned, anti-abortion politicians promulgate this fringe interpretation of Catholicism in their efforts to ban abortion. “It’s essential that people of faith [who support abortion] speak back in the language of faith. We need to educate people about what abortion is and talk about it in terms of personal freedom [and] take back the moral high ground in this fight.
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