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Kentucky bans abortion

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DomesticatedZombie · 15/04/2022 18:49

Just saw this - I don't know much about US situation, but this sounds appalling.

'Lawmakers have enacted more than a dozen laws meant to restrict or outlaw abortion since Republicans won control of both chambers of the legislature in 2016.'

news.yahoo.com/did-kentucky-ban-abortion-heres-150723973.html

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nepeta · 15/04/2022 19:03

The abortion providers in Kentucky can get the state-level bans stopped (stayed?) by the Federal courts, but this takes time. Ultimately most of the state-level abortion bans (and not just inKentucky) would be overturned if the Roe v. Wade ruling by the Supreme Court remains in force.

If the Supremes in the future rule differently, then all the conservative states are ready to make abortion illegal within that state by already having the laws in place. The most likely outcome of that 'different' ruling would be that each state can decide for themselves.

That would mean that abortion would be available in some states and not in other states, and then the anti-abortion people would try to stop women and girls from crossing state lines for the purpose of seeking abortions etc. A return to the pre- Roe v.Wade era.