Today, many states that have enacted restrict­ive voting laws, like Arizona, Geor­gia, and Texas, have also pushed constraints on abor­tion access. Consider Texas, home to one of the nation’s most restrict­ive and contro­ver­sial abor­tion laws. Unfor­tu­nately, the Supreme Court has abdic­ated respons­ib­il­ity for making sure that the checks and balances in our demo­cratic system work. The Supreme Court Has Undermined the Tools It Says Can Be Used to Protect Abortion RightsBy Madiba DennieThe Supreme Court has dealt a crit­ical blow to both bodily and polit­ical autonomy. The Supreme Court’s open hostil­ity toward voting rights and abor­tion rights has enabled a surge of laws under­min­ing both.

Source: Ethiopian News June 25, 2022 17:15 UTC