Texas Republicans Write New Law Saying All Abortions Must Receive Funerals
In the 43 years since the Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists have desperately tried one tactic after another to make abortions more difficult to obtain—logistically, financially, and emotionally.
Logistically, they have sought to impose increasingly burdensome regulations that have resulted in clinic closures all across the country. This has left Texas, for example, with just 18 clinics (down from 41 in 2012) to serve the entire state.
Financially, they have restricted abortion funding through the Hyde Amendment which bans “the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortion unless the pregnancy arises from incest, rape, or to save the life of the mother.”
The emotional tactic is perhaps the most insidious, as it seeks to vilify women who seek abortion, subjecting them to shame and guilt them at a moment during which they least need the judgment of strangers. These efforts have included measures to force transvaginal ultrasounds on women seeking abortions. 13 states now require this procedure, with three states requiring the provider “to show and describe the image,” and another 10 states requiring the provider to “offer the woman the opportunity to view the image.”
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