Abortions are
becoming illegal in the U.S. at a fast pace.
Last week, the nation Arkansas passed more restrictive abortion law, angering supporters of abortion rights and plans to judicial sparks. But that law after a spate of legislation in the past three years: Since 2010, 10 states have passed bans abortions for women who have been pregnant for more than 20 weeks, and in some cases above.
Before 2010, no
state openly banned abortions at any stage of pregnancy. Nebraska started the
trend with a ban on abortion from 20 weeks in April 2010. In 2011, Alabama,
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and followed suit, and in 2012, Arizona,
Georgia, Louisiana and spent the curbs of their own. Last week, Arkansas became
the first state to pass a law against abortion this year.
-Abortion rights activists are concerned about a ban in North Dakota study, along with a continuous wave of regulations on clinics of abortions, activists have forced the closing of clinics making it impossible for them to operate. Most of those regulations have advanced in recent years, too, opponents warn.
These new brakes comes four decades after the nation's historic Supreme Court case that legalized abortion was decided.
"This January marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Our movement must be dead," said Mallory Quigley, spokesman for the National anti-abortion rights group Susan B. List Anthony. "You would think that after 40 years, just sitting, but I think what we're seeing is this passion statewide."
So, why is that?
The short answer is that during the last two elections-great years in national politics, marked by a wave of Tea-Party gains in the House and Senate in 2010 and re-election of President Obama over Mitt Romney in 2012-the Republicans have taken over more state legislatures and governors' mansions around the country, some states becoming redder red and purple flip some states in his column.
Not that the abortion bills are new, according to activists on both sides of the question: is that GOP gains in state policy have cleared the way for pro-lifers to advance their agenda .
"This latest wave of legislative attacks on women's right to choose occurred because anti-choice politicians won elective office in 2010 and 2012," said Donna Crane, policy director of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Anti-abortion lawmakers have been pushing bills to limit abortion rights 20 years, Crane said, but GOP gains in the last two elections have "pulled the goalie" in the words of Crane, removing governors Democrats and legislative majorities and allow socially conservative lawmakers to enact new laws.
Combined with two important court cases that changed the laws to limit abortions, the GOP gains at the state level have made it easier for groups like Americans United for Life (AUL), a national anti-abortion group that drafted the model legislation in Washington, DC and works to pass through state legislatures.
"He grew exponentially after changes in legislatures after 2010," said Kristi Hamrick, a spokeswoman for AUL. "But it did not start there - it has been happening since Casey", a 1992 case the Supreme Court involving Planned Parenthood.
Of the nine states that passed a ban on abortion since the 2010 election (Nebraska law occurred before), five Republicans were to gain full control of the governor's mansion, the state House and state Senate in 2010. In Arkansas, Republicans took over both houses of the state legislature, while Democrat Mike Beebe retained the governorship. He vetoed the state's recent 12-week abortion ban, but the Republican-controlled legislature overrode his veto to enact it. And after the 2012 elections, the pro-choice activists worry more bans to come.
Last week, the nation Arkansas passed more restrictive abortion law, angering supporters of abortion rights and plans to judicial sparks. But that law after a spate of legislation in the past three years: Since 2010, 10 states have passed bans abortions for women who have been pregnant for more than 20 weeks, and in some cases above.
Before 2010, no
state openly banned abortions at any stage of pregnancy. Nebraska started the
trend with a ban on abortion from 20 weeks in April 2010. In 2011, Alabama,
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and followed suit, and in 2012, Arizona,
Georgia, Louisiana and spent the curbs of their own. Last week, Arkansas became
the first state to pass a law against abortion this year.-Abortion rights activists are concerned about a ban in North Dakota study, along with a continuous wave of regulations on clinics of abortions, activists have forced the closing of clinics making it impossible for them to operate. Most of those regulations have advanced in recent years, too, opponents warn.
These new brakes comes four decades after the nation's historic Supreme Court case that legalized abortion was decided.
"This January marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Our movement must be dead," said Mallory Quigley, spokesman for the National anti-abortion rights group Susan B. List Anthony. "You would think that after 40 years, just sitting, but I think what we're seeing is this passion statewide."
So, why is that?
The short answer is that during the last two elections-great years in national politics, marked by a wave of Tea-Party gains in the House and Senate in 2010 and re-election of President Obama over Mitt Romney in 2012-the Republicans have taken over more state legislatures and governors' mansions around the country, some states becoming redder red and purple flip some states in his column.
Not that the abortion bills are new, according to activists on both sides of the question: is that GOP gains in state policy have cleared the way for pro-lifers to advance their agenda .
"This latest wave of legislative attacks on women's right to choose occurred because anti-choice politicians won elective office in 2010 and 2012," said Donna Crane, policy director of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Anti-abortion lawmakers have been pushing bills to limit abortion rights 20 years, Crane said, but GOP gains in the last two elections have "pulled the goalie" in the words of Crane, removing governors Democrats and legislative majorities and allow socially conservative lawmakers to enact new laws.
Combined with two important court cases that changed the laws to limit abortions, the GOP gains at the state level have made it easier for groups like Americans United for Life (AUL), a national anti-abortion group that drafted the model legislation in Washington, DC and works to pass through state legislatures.
"He grew exponentially after changes in legislatures after 2010," said Kristi Hamrick, a spokeswoman for AUL. "But it did not start there - it has been happening since Casey", a 1992 case the Supreme Court involving Planned Parenthood.
Of the nine states that passed a ban on abortion since the 2010 election (Nebraska law occurred before), five Republicans were to gain full control of the governor's mansion, the state House and state Senate in 2010. In Arkansas, Republicans took over both houses of the state legislature, while Democrat Mike Beebe retained the governorship. He vetoed the state's recent 12-week abortion ban, but the Republican-controlled legislature overrode his veto to enact it. And after the 2012 elections, the pro-choice activists worry more bans to come.
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