Janice Hopkins Tanne New YorkMedical bodies in the United States have described their fearfulness at the unfolding situation facing women and doctors across the country as the fallout from the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade continues. Some 26 of the nation’s 50 states are expected to either ban abortion or severely limit it. Some have no bans for rape or incest.5Each state’s decisions will rest on the state’s constitution and laws. In Texas, Louisiana, and Kentucky the legality of abortion bounced back and forth from day to day and hour to hour as old abortion laws went into effect, were challenged, and sometimes went into effect again over the 4 July Independence Day weekend. Texas, for example, had a 1925 ban on abortion that exposed abortion providers to lawsuits and fines.

Source: New York Times July 04, 2022 14:03 UTC