Trump marks the second anniversary of Roe v. Wade’s overturning by trying to figure out the best way to brag about it
Monday marked two years since five U.S. Supreme Court justices were ousted Roe v. Wade and ushered in an era of declining access to abortion and reproductive health services. Former president Donald Trumpwho appointed three of the five judges who dismissed the landmark case in 1973, still boast about the ramifications of Dobbs decision.
Trump’s own messaging about how he will continue his anti-abortion legacy in a second term has been inconsistent in his growing effort to appeal to his evangelical base — while still keeping in mind remember 63% of Americans say abortion should generally be legal. or most cases. (That group of people, is 2022 midterm and the statewide ballot race already shown, vote too).
“We also achieved what the pro-life movement fought for for 49 years, and we took abortion out of the federal government and back into the states,” Trump told a crowd of evangelical voters at the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington. Washington, DC on Saturday. “That’s the way everyone and all the legal scholars always say it should be.”
Last 24 months yes reached its peak in an America where nearly half of states restrict abortion earlier in pregnancy than the standards set by the agency egg, and 14 states ban abortion in most cases.
The ripple effects of the decision by the nation’s highest court resulted in 171,000 patients seeking abortion services out of state in 2023. Maternal health care deserts are increasing and worsening. Women are ask Their state’s supreme court performs abortions to save lives. In states that restrict abortion, more people get pregnant dying. Each week appears to bring new challenges in abortion access and new victories for the movement to maintain comprehensive reproductive health care.
With an election cycle in full swing and DobbsIn many ways, its focus is that the future of abortion access is uncertain.
At this point in the race, Trump is pushing for states to have access to abortion — despite him pointed out before he would support a 15-week national ban. Although he does not follow this rhetoric when talking about Arizona, AlabamaAnd Florida, the former president recently told House Republicans they should deliver their abortion message differently during a closed-door meeting. Trump wants House members to promote the party’s role in ending it fish eggs and talk about abortion as a state rights issue, not a federal one.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2023, there will be approximately 642,700 medical abortions in the United States, accounting for approximately 63% of all abortions in the formal health care system. The number would likely be higher if the use of abortion pills outside of these channels were included. this is a Mark the increased amount before Dobbswhile medical abortion accounted for about 53% of all abortions in 2020.
Anti-abortion activists and right-wing politicians are hoping to reduce access to abortion pills, which could Uniquely useful for people experiencing domestic violence.
To do this, conservatives promote enforcement an 1873 anti-obscenity law known as the Comstock Act. The Act prohibits the sending of “Any article or thing designed, adapted or intended for abortion or for any indecent or immoral use.” This includes abortion pills, but it can also include the tools needed to perform both medical and procedural abortions. This strategy is clearly stated in Project 2025—a guidebook to how the next Republican presidency will play out administered by the Heritage Foundation.
“Therefore, the Department of Justice in the next Conservative Administration should announce its intention to enforce federal laws against the suppliers and distributors of those drugs,” Project 2025 “Acting Leadership” read.
On Thursday, Democrats in Congress introduced new legislation that would repeal part of the law that could be used to ban the mailing of abortion-related items. Bill introduced by Senator Tina Smith and co-sponsored by more than a dozen other Senate Democrats, was titled the “Stop Breeding Act.”
