'It’s a race to the U.S. Supreme Court, with all of these conservative states to be the one that gets Roe overturned.'
Across the United States, 2019 state legislative sessions have seen a number of bills aiming to crack down on abortion access. Some states passed legislation deemed so restrictive it was challenged in court and others have a plethora of bills waiting to find out their fate.
“It’s clear that’s the intent of it. It’s a race to the U.S. Supreme Court, with all of these conservative states to be the one that gets Roe overturned,” Georgia State Senator Jen Jordan told Newsweek about her own state's fetal heartbeat bill. “I think they’re trying to be as outrageous as they possibly can, and they’ve definitely done it here.”
Each state had its own bills, but there were several recurring proposals, including banning abortions at times when the decision is based on the sex or a Down syndrome diagnosis and prohibiting the dilation and evacuation method. "When you ban this method, it is in effect a ban on abortion at about 15 weeks of pregnancy because that is the only method that is available for most abortions after 14 weeks," Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst for the Guttmacher Institute, told The Bismark Tribune.
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