10/28/2022
Multiple times, I've said Roe v Wade being overturned has larger implications and is the start of what's coming from “conservatives.”
1. States will seek to ban travel for an abortion. Many states are already making abetting an abortion a crime. If authorities investigate and deem your “weekend camping trip” was more than that, guess who could be facing criminal charges?
2. Republican majority at the federal level could change the FDA and place new restrictions on medication abortion or take pills off the market.
3. Will states regulate in vitro fertilization?
4. Republican majority will codify a national abortion ban. – The complete opposite of Roe v Wade.
5. Defining a pregnancy as occurring at conception would essentially ban all abortions.
6. Investigations into all miscarriages that could lead to prosecution.
7. The disassembly of HIPPA protections as investigations and criminal trials proceed.
8. How many women will falsely claim r**e, file a police report, and access an elective procedure or the morning-after pill? How many men will face investigation and potential charges due to these allegations?
Whatever happens in the midterm, one thing is clear: Conflicts about abortion in post-Roe America are just beginning, and lives are at risk. The bottom line is that without access to abortion, women’s health and futures will be put at risk. Women experience ectopic pregnancies, cancer, miscarriage, financial hardship, and more. It’s the job of politicians to protect citizens, including women, and not put them in harm’s way as abortion bans do.