Witnesses at a congressional hearing said that patients who can't obtain abortions will face higher mortality rates if they are forced to carry their pregnancies to term.
Witnesses told a U.S. House committee this week that pregnant patients who can’t obtain abortions will face higher mortality rates if they are forced to carry their pregnancies to term.
She said that rural Georgians are particularly vulnerable, as many don’t have broadband internet, which would help them get information online on where to obtain an abortion. They also face additional barriers in obtaining transportation to those clinics, she said.Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
“There is an insidious and odious irony to this, because Congress abolished human slavery in the U.S., and repealed draft laws that forced young men to surrender their bodies to the state in order to protect our nation,” she said. Such nonprofits look like real health care clinics but are used to persuade pregnant patients to not get an abortion.
Bush said that she was concerned about the criminalization of people who seek and provide abortions. She asked Shannon what measures are being taken in Georgia to prevent that.
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