Abortion could quickly become illegal in much of the United States if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
A total of 21 states already have laws on their books that could allow them to quickly ban abortions if the Supreme Court allows them to do so, according to an analysis from the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute.
The Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn or limit Roe v. Wade, a 1973 decision that protects a pregnant person’s right to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability.
The court will rule on the scope of legal protections for abortion when it decides Dobbs v. Jackson, which the court will likely decide this summer.
On Primary Sources, I discussed the state abortion bans that could take effect if the court overturns Roe v. Wade.
I also read and analyzed Missouri’s abortion trigger ban that would take effect if the Supreme Court allows states to ban pre-viability abortions.
An important development took place after I recorded this episode.
A new Kentucky law has effectively ended all access to abortion in the state.
The only two abortion clinics in Kentucky have stopped providing abortions. The clinics said they couldn’t continue to provide abortions while complying with the terms of a new state abortion law that took effect last week.
Reproductive rights groups have filed two lawsuits in federal court against the Kentucky law.
This means Texas and Kentucky both have abortion bans currently in effect that limit access to some or all pre-viability abortions.
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