The governors of three liberal states on the west coast of the United States announced a joint initiative to guarantee the right to abortion following the Supreme Court ruling that annulled that right at the federal level, while other states announced measures to prohibit the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in their territory.
“They want to take away women’s freedom…California has joined Oregon and Washington in standing up for women and protecting their right to reproductive health,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
He added that take legal action and send resources so that reproductive health is accessible to women from any region of the country within their states, the AFP news agency reported.
“California has joined Oregon and Washington in standing up for women and protecting their right to reproductive health”Gavin Newsom, Governor
The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington released a joint video to announce a united front to guarantee the right to abortion in their territories, which, until today’s ruling, had remained protected at the federal level since 1973.
“Abortion is health care, and no matter where you come from, Oregon will not turn your back on someone seeking health care,” said Governor Kate Brown.
His peer in Washington, Jay Inslee, argued that “the right to elect should not depend on which party has the majority, but it is at this point that we are.”
Due to the federal system, the Supreme Court ruling does not overturn regional laws.
Yet more than half of women live in states with regulations hostile to abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that advocates for access to the procedure.
“Abortion is health care, and no matter where you come from, Oregon won’t turn your back on someone seeking health care.”Kate Brown, governess
In Missouri, for example, Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the state “has just become the first in the country to effectively end abortion.”
“This is a monumental day for the sanctity of life,” Schmitt said.
The Republican Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, announced that abortion becomes illegal in this northern state of the country, under a so-called “zombie” law that was drafted a while ago so that it would automatically take effect if the Supreme Court changed the jurisprudence.
This law “specifies that, As of today, all abortions are illegal in South Dakota. ‘unless a reasonable and proper medical decision establishes that an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman,'” he said in a statement.
Shortly after, the Republican governor of Indiana announced that he would convene the legislature of his state, also in the north of the United States, to rule on the ban on abortion as soon as possible.
“The Supreme Court’s decision is clear, and it is now up to the states to address this important issue. We will do so ASAP in Indiana,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said on Twitter, adding that he has called the state general assembly to on July 6.
I have been clear in stating I am pro-life. We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that’s exactly what we will do.
— Governor Eric Holcomb (@GovHolcomb) June 24, 2022
“We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that is exactly what we are going to do,” he said.
In Texas, meanwhile, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the closure of his agency’s offices “in honor of the nearly 70 million unborn babies killed in the womb since 1973,” according to a statement from the district attorney’s office.
“Roe v. Wade and its successor case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, have no basis in the United States Constitution,” Paxton said, referring to the 1973 ruling overturned by the Court today, a draft of which had been leaked earlier. of May, alerting organizations that fight for women’s rights.
“Yet for half a century, Americans have had to live under these illegitimate, illegal and unconstitutional dictates of a partisan and opinionated Supreme Court. No more. Today, the question of abortion returns to the states. And in Texas, that question “It’s already been answered: Abortion is illegal here. I look forward to defending Texas’ pro-life laws and the lives of all unborn children in the future.”
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