Robin Abcarian: Desperate abortion foes resort to new tactics while pregnant people find ways to thwart them
Illegal abortion is back, and — dare I say? — it's better than ever. Did our ultraconservative Supreme Court, so out of step with 21st century America, really think that overturning nearly 50 years of legal precedent would end elective abortion in America? Sure, sure, they returned the issue to the states, the reddest of which immediately banned the procedure, even when a pregnancy results ...
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2022
3 minutes
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Illegal abortion is back, and — dare I say? — it's better than ever.
Did our ultraconservative Supreme Court, so out of step with 21st century America, really think that overturning nearly 50 years of legal precedent would end elective abortion in America?
Sure, sure, they returned the issue to the states, the reddest of which immediately banned the procedure, even when a pregnancy results from rape or incest or the fetus has medical issues incompatible with life.
But did the court's six-justice supermajority, blinded by its own cruelty, where people with access to medications that end pregnancies would create support networks to connect patients with pills?
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