Many states have banned abortion or tightened their regulations since Roe. The Arizona Supreme Court concluded Tuesday that officials can enforce an 1864 statute banning abortions except in life-threatening situations. Statewide ballot proposals to maintain or expand abortion have been passed by voters.
After Roe, Alabama's highest court ruled in February that frozen embryos were children, halting in vitro fertilization. Alabama also outlaws abortions more strictly than most states. Democrat Marilyn Lands focused on flipping a suburban Alabama House seat in a GOP-held district that was becoming more moderate. And she won. Her attempt for that seat failed two years ago.
Due to the state court's judgment, Lochrane Chase, 36, of Birmingham, Alabama, had her IVF treatments delayed. This altered her political behavior. She frequently supports Republicans. This time, she backed Lands. “The IVF ruling made me realize that Roe v. Wade has set such a dangerous precedent for states who can make their own rules,” Chase remarked.
Reproductive rights advocates expect it. They anticipated ripples. “Despite all of our knowledge—and this has been in plain sight—we face a believability gap with the American people,” said Reproductive Freedom for All president Mini Timmaraju. She stated that was the same before Roe went down. Not many believed it could happen.
Abortion is difficult for centrist Democrats like Biden to discuss, but reproductive freedom works. For lawmakers and non-abortion voters. “The beauty of using the freedom framework is that we can talk about a broader set of issues to a broader range of Americans,” Timmaraju added.
Trump is responsible for rising medical risks, according to Biden. The Biden campaign released an email saying, “Trump did this.” The Arizona ban is slated to take effect in two months. Wednesday, Biden told Arizona voters, “Elect me. I live in the 20th and 21st centuries.” Vice President Kamala Harris will discuss the topic in Arizona on Friday.
After decades of opposing Roe, Republicans are unsure how to handle abortion and reproductive health. Trump boasts about overturning Roe; his court appointments led to the conservative majority opinion. In a video address on social media, he tried to shift the matter back to the states, saying the Arizona bill is too far on Wednesday.
“It'll be straightened out and it's all about states' rights,” he stated. Last week, Missouri Republican legislators declined to include language in the state budget stating that state laws could not exclude Medicaid coverage for contraception or IVF procedures.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Crystal Quade, State House Minority Leader, said it was a modest way Republicans could have proven they supported IVF. Democrats sought votes for political reasons: they wanted people to see the track record in plain and white.
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