Miscellaneous
(5/29/19) On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to what the Washington Post described as a “compromise on a restrictive Indiana abortion law,” allowing the state to regulate disposal of the “remains” of an abortion. And though the court upheld a lower court decision to blocking the part of the law banning abortions based on a fetus's sex, race or disability, nine other states have passed similar laws restricting a woman’s ability to have an abortion. Many state lawmakers (like those in Indiana) have admitted that the new restrictions on abortion are meant to force the Supreme Court, presumably now a more conservative body with President Trump’s two additions to the high court, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, to overturn or undermine Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision protecting access to a safe and legal abortion. In this installment of “TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent” on WBAI, Staci Fox, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast and an outspoken critic of the new state laws limiting women’s reproductive rights will discuss what this means for women in the affected states and beyond.