http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/us/supreme-court-texas-abortion-clinics/index.html?iref=allsearch
A group of Texas abortion clinics are seeking help from the Supreme Court to be reopened. After the Texas state legislature passed restrictions last week which force 13 clinics to shut down. These restriction are claimed to make it virtually impossible to preform an abortion and abortion rights groups are furious. Critics of the law contend that it will force women to seek "back alley" abortions.
I find the Texas law makers to be rather clever. Their reasoning for imposing the regulations is to improve the health of the patients seen in abortion clinics while the more likely reason is that they are using health as a scapegoat for the real reason: they wish to prevent abortion. Of course this article was clearly written from a liberal point of view, it does make the previously stated valid point. I think that this law is just a foreshadowing of what is to come in the future; abortion will eventually be outlawed just like slavery. It is only a matter of time.
I agree with Ashely in that Texas lawmakers are very clever in how they approached abortion, and that eventually it will be outlawed. I did not realize that states can create restrictions on instituions, but I do support their intentions.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Ashley's last thought is true! I too am very happy with the abortion restrictions in Texas, and while there is much pushback, I think pro-lifers are making progress. I hope that some other states (like SD) recognize the victories being made in Texas and apply them to their states; I think in a relatively conservative state like South Dakota, these measures would be passed more easily.
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