A new report from a pro-choice research organization found that in the first four months of 2021, more than 500 pro-life bills have been introduced at the state level and more than 60 have been enacted nationwide.
While the federal government has come under the control of the Democratic Party, pro-life legislation has made much progress at the state level in 2021.
According to Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross of the Guttmacher Institute, “2021 is on track to become the most devastating antiabortion state legislative session in decades.”
“Since January, there have been 536 abortion restrictions, including 146 abortion bans, introduced across 46 states,” the report, published Friday, explained. “A whopping 61 of those restrictions have been enacted across 13 states, including eight bans.”
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life grassroots lobbying group Susan B. Anthony List, praised the progress the pro-life movement has made at the state level this year.
“The unprecedented surge of pro-life activity in state legislatures this year proves life is winning in America,” she said.
“Across the nation, state lawmakers acting on the will of the people are taking bold steps to humanize our laws and challenge the radical status quo imposed by Roe v. Wade,” Dannenfelser added.
As Dannenfelser noted, the bills enacted include legislation “to stop late-term abortions after five months of pregnancy, end lethal discrimination against unborn children for reasons like a Down syndrome diagnosis, protect unborn babies from the moment their heartbeat can be detected, safeguard women from dangerous abortion drugs, and more.”
