An estimated 40 abortion businesses have stopped accepting appointments and more will be following that course of action, based on the Supreme Court's decision on Friday to strike the faulty Roe v. Wade abortion "rights" precedent.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote Friday that the high court should reconsider rulings on contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage in a solo concurring opinion released Friday that struck down Roe v. Wade.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signed bills that make mailing abortion pills a state crime and strengthen Louisiana’s existing “trigger” law that will ban nearly all abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
On Friday, Iowa’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s constitution does not protect the fundamental right to an abortion, overturning a previous ruling that enshrined the right to the procedure, allowing new restrictions to take effect.
Both U.S. abortion rates and numbers are on the rise after a 30-year decline, a trend that comes ahead of an anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the fate of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings as expected on Monday, but the awaited decision regarding whether the high court will go through with overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and send the issue back to states was not one of them.
