Following the fall of Roe V. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion is in the cross hairs of state law making. There challenges have already begun in various parts of the country. As is the case with many laws, the limits on abortion vary across states and localities.
Set to go forth with trigger laws, 26 states already were prepared to advance restrictions when the high court ruled that the Pink House, the only abortion a clinic in the state of Mississippi, which was at the heart of the ruling, could not offer abortions.
Two respected polls released after the decision showed that half of America thinks that the court made the wrong decision on Roe. The Associated Press is tracking responses as women in the nation as they adjust to a post-Roe way of life. In June of 2021, almost a year before te Hih Court struc down te abortion law, the news service released data tat indiczted most America agreed that abortions should not be allowed after the first trimester.
The White House is urging Americans to reach out to Congress to demand a vote. There has not been a formal abortion law onthe boks passed by COngress. Getting a federal law passed on the matter would codify the Dobbs decision (i.e., Roe) across the country.
UPDATE
The Department of Justice as begun its figt to protect respoductive On August 2, The Department of Justice sued the state of Idaho were a total ban on abortion, even in cases of emergency, is set to go into effect on August 25. Attorney General Merric Garland said this:
“On the day Roe and Casey were overturned, we promised that the Justice Department would work tirelessly to protect and advance reproductive freedom. That is what we are doing, and that is what we will continue to do. We will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that pregnant women get the emergency medical treatment to which they are entitled under federal law. And we will closely scrutinize state abortion laws to ensure that they comply with federal law.”
“Federal law is clear: patients have the right to stabilizing hospital emergency room care no matter where they live,” said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. “Women should not have to be near death to get care. The Department of Health and Human Services will continue its work with the Department of Justice to enforce federal law protecting access to health care, including abortions.”