In The Past 5 Years, States Have Enacted Nearly 300 Abortion Restrictions

[Novara]

In The Past 5 Years, States Have Enacted Nearly 300 Abortion Restrictions

In the first half of 2015, state legislatures continued the assault on reproductive rights that’s been intensifying since Republicans made big gains in the 2010 midterm elections, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute.

Researchers at the reproductive rights think tank found that states have enacted 51 new abortion restrictions so far this year. (Many legislatures are now out of session, but the handful of states that are still lawmaking could pass even more anti-abortion provisions moving forward.) That brings the total number of restrictions enacted since 2010 up to 282:

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The trend is not entirely unexpected. After the 2014 elections handed significant victories to abortion opponents, experts in the field predicted that states would pass more stringent anti-choice laws this year. Several states forged ahead into new territory, enacting first-of-their-kind restrictions on the procedure as a new way of testing the bounds of Roe v. Wade.


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/07/02/3676468/abortion-restrictions-states-since-2010/

[marym625]

1. I just read this!

Great post! Thank you!

I really hate Republican hate mongers. They want to control us in every way, make sure we have to be dependent on someone to survive, they want us, and our children they forced us to have, starve.

I really hate Republicans

[Novara]

2. They are desperate to hold onto any semblance of control

They think all of life is a zero sum game.

[marym625]

4. yep.

And it's horrifying

[niyad]

3. but, we are told, there is NO war on women!

[PeaceNikki]

5. On DU, even!!

I've had people basically tell me to STFU because Roe v Wade is still the law of the land and had never had a serious challenge.

Another told me that the attacks on reproductive freedom aren't *really* about taking a women's autonomy, but about getting corporatists in office. :/

[niyad]

6. good goddess, sorry I missed those two. please feel free to pm me if more bs like that

shows up. I have limited computer time, so sometimes miss things.

[PeaceNikki]

9. Will do. It's shameful.

[Novara]

7. Really??

Another told me that the attacks on reproductive freedom aren't *really* about taking a women's autonomy, but about getting corporatists in office.

Wow, that's a new one. Maybe, if you draw some logical conclusions about women's inability to participate in the workforce due to being barefoot and pregnant all the time..... The way I see it is men holding on to patriarchal power by force and bullying. They can't handle the competition. Again, life is a zero-sum game to them and they think that allowing women full autonomy somehow reduces them.

[PeaceNikki]

8. Really. Another said they "don't give a flying leap about SCOTUS".

I find that extremely selfish and incredibly dangerous.