In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions

By REBECCA BOONE and JOHN HANNA
May 6, 2022

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It was 1992 and abortion was legal in Idaho, though she had to dodge anti-abortion protesters outside the Boise hospital after the procedure. If the same scenario were to happen later this year, she would likely be forced to carry to term.

That’s because Idaho, which bans abortion after six weeks, is one of at least 22 states with laws banning abortion before the 15th week, many of them lacking exceptions for fetal viability, rape or incest, or even the health of the woman. Several of those bans would take effect if the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, as a leaked draft of the opinion suggests.

Such exceptions were once regularly included in even the most conservative anti-abortion proposals. But as the battle over abortion access heats up, experts on both sides of the issue say the exceptions were a temporary stepping stone intended to make anti-abortion laws more palatable.

Many of the current abortion bans are designed as “trigger laws,” automatically going into effect if the high court overturns the nationwide right to abortion. That ruling is expected to be released by late June or early July.

Alabama and Oklahoma have enacted bans with no exceptions. ...

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-idaho-1020bba25a4103a1526a0db0f325d1bd

[Thunderbeast]

1. It is not about babies.

It is about punishment.

That punishment may be the mother's death.

They are sick, sick, sociopaths.

[dalton99a]

2. Republicans knew Roe would be overturned.

[NotANeocon]

3. They finally learned what the "instant baby" fallacy means.

For 50 years of debate they have tried to claim coitus creates instant babies - but not if it's rape or incestuous.

They are still too stupid to admit there is a difference between an act and a process. Pregnancy is a process - not an act that creates "instant babies".