A Texas group helping women pay for abortion stopped their efforts on Saturday while assessing its legal risk under strict state bans. rice field. Mississippi's only abortion clinic continued to see patients while waiting for a 10-day notice to trigger the ban. Elected officials across the country have vowed to take action to protect women's access to assisted reproductive technology, and abortion enemies have promised to fight in new territories.
The day after the Supreme Court's ruling overturned the Roe v. Wade case, the constitutional right to abortion expired, some states banned abortion, and both supporters and opponents of abortion. Has settled an emotional protest and prayer rally as he made the following plans. Move
In Texas, Cassitores, organizational manager of the Frontera Foundation, a group that helps pay for abortions, said there are many people in the Rio Grande Valley near the US-Mexico border. He said there was fear and confusion. I'm illegally in the country.
This includes how the state's abortion law will be enforced. Under the law, people who help patients have an abortion can be fined, and doctors who have an abortion can face life imprisonment.
"We are a colored-led fund and will be criminalized first," said Torres, a safe way to resume an abortion fund like her who has suspended operations. He added that he wanted to find out. "We really need to keep that in mind and understand the risks."
Mississippi State Planning Custody Southeast Director Tyler Harden was the only one in the state on Friday and Saturday. He said he had identified people with upcoming appointments at the abortion clinic. He knows they don't have to cancel them right away. Abortion can occur up to 10 days after the state attorney general issues the required administrative notice.
Mississippi bans procedures except for pregnancies that endanger the lives of women or those caused by rape reported to law enforcement agencies. Republican chairman Philip Gunn of the Mississippi State Capitol said at a press conference on Friday that he opposed adding an exception to incest.
"I believe life begins with conception," Gan said.
Harden said he provided information on funding to help people travel out of state to have an abortion. Many Mississippi have done so before the ruling, but now that the abortion is over in neighboring states, it will be more difficult. Florida is the closest "safe shelter" state, but Harden said, "We know that may not be the case for too long."
At the National Life Rights Treaty in Atlanta, the leader of an anti-abortion group warned attendees on Saturday, and the Supreme Court's ruling heralded the arrival of "a time of great potential and great danger." rice field.
Randall O'Bannon, director of education and research at the organization, urged activists to celebrate the victory, but stayed focused and continued to tackle this issue. Specifically, he called the medicines he took to induce an abortion.
"Roe is heading to the ash heap of history and gaining the power to limit abortion, which is where the fight will take place in the coming years," O'Bannon said. "The new modern threat is chemical or medical abortion with tablets ordered online and mailed directly to women's homes."
Cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City, Jackson, Mississippi. There was a protest on the second day.
In a LA demonstration, one of several in California, hundreds of people march downtown with slogans such as "my body, my choice" and "abortion." did.
Voter turnout was lower in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma City, about 15 protesters gathered outside the Capitol. Oklahoma is one of the 11 states that has no provider to provide abortion and passed the strictest abortion law in the United States in May.
"I've experienced a wave of emotions in the last 24 hours. It's upset, angry, and it's hard to put together everything I'm feeling now," said 45-year-old Marie Adams. .. Two miscarriages for an ectopic pregnancy. Fertilized eggs cannot survive. She called this issue "very personal to me."
"Half of the US population has lost basic rights," Adams said. "We need to speak aloud."
After the decision on Friday, escorting patients to the only abortion clinic in West Virginia before stopping the procedure. Volunteer Callie Pruett said she plans to work on voter registration in the hope of electing an official who supports the right to abortion. The executive director of Appalachia for Appalachia said her organization is a patient, including outside the state. He added that he would also apply for a grant to give him access to abortion care.
"We need to build a network of people who are willing to drive people in Maryland or D.C. "This kind of community activity requires a level of organization that hasn't been seen for nearly 50 years," said Plouette, who worked as a nurse in a state clinic for years, 5 Fight for access to abortion in the memory of his mother, Dennis Craig, a passionate advocate of reproductive medicine who died suddenly on the moon. Mackenzie will participate in the protest. She is in the capital, Charleston, and will donate to a local abortion fund.
"She will be completely devastated. She was very afraid of this happening. She wanted to stop it," Mackenzie said, "to ensure that this is reversed." ""
The Supreme Court's ruling could lead to an abortion ban in about half of the states.
Since the decision, the clinic has stopped aborting in Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Women considering abortion were already working on an almost complete ban in Oklahoma and a ban in Texas after about six weeks.
Ohio enacted a ban on most abortions from the first detectable fetal heartbeat when a federal judge lifted an injunction that had been on hold for nearly three years. I did.
Friday's ruling issued another law in Utah with narrow exceptions. Utah's planned parent-child relationship association has filed a lawsuit against it in state court, claiming it violates the State Constitution and demanding a temporary detention order.
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, where abortion is legal, sees people seeking or providing abortion in his state face legal consequences in other states. Signed a presidential order to prevent. Waltz also vowed to refuse the request to hand over a person accused of committing non-criminal, assisted reproductive technology-related acts in Minnesota.
"My office remains a firewall to the law that reverses reproductive freedom," he said.
In Fargo, North Dakota, the only abortion provider in the state will face a 30-day grace period before shutting down and will move across the river to Minnesota. Tammi Kromenaker, owner of Red River Women's Clinic, said on Saturday that he had secured a place in Moorhead and raised more than $ 500,000 within three days through an online fundraiser to support the move.
The Republicans recognize that this ruling could invigorate the foundations of democracy, especially women in the suburbs, and about winning decades of fighting to overthrow Rho. I tried to downplay the excitement. Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, said he expects a huge number of abortion opponents this fall.
However, Democratic Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers said on Saturday that he believed the issue would invigorate independents and hoped to turn his anger at the end of Law into a vote.
"Whenever we take half of Wisconsin to a second-class citizen, we must believe that there is a reaction," Evers said.
