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Blue_Adept

(6,397 posts) Wed Jul 18, 2018, 04:41 PM Jul 2018

Massachusetts House Votes To Repeal Old Anti-Abortion Laws

http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/07/18/house-repeal-anti-abortion-laws

The Massachusetts House has voted to repeal a series of antiquated state laws, including a 19th-century ban on abortion.

Supporters describe the move as a hedge against possible future rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the court has raised the possibility the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that created a nationwide right to abortion could be weakened or overturned.

The House voted 136-9 Wednesday to remove the laws.

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Massachusetts House Votes To Repeal Old Anti-Abortion Laws (Original Post) Blue_Adept Jul 2018 OP

Good. More than half the states kept their old anti-abortion laws on the books after Roe, and ... Hekate Jul 2018 #1

Other states that still have these old rules on the books BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #2

Hekate

(90,627 posts)

1. Good. More than half the states kept their old anti-abortion laws on the books after Roe, and ...

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 04:43 PM

Jul 2018

...a bunch of others have passed laws to ban abortion that will be triggered by the overthrow of Roe.

Good for Massachussetts.

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)

2. Other states that still have these old rules on the books

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:04 PM

Jul 2018

had better change them damn fast. If Kavanaugh is SCOTUS and votes to overturn Roe V Wade the states will individually be enacting their own laws.

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