In the nine months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant patients in red states across the country have had their lives imperiled by abortion bans. Many post-Roe laws are actually harsher than their 19th century counterparts, reflecting the anti-abortion movement’s conviction that exceptions for a patient’s life should be as vague and narrow as possible. As an inevitable consequence of these draconian laws, many doctors refuse to provide emergency abortions until an individual is actively dying—a sadly rational decision given the lengthy prison sentences they will receive if they cannot persuade a jury that they made the right call.
ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All