Posted on 12/05/2022 11:59:49 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Biden administration is still actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, even as it bumps up against a complex web of strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right.
Looking to seize on momentum following a midterm election where voters widely rebuked tougher abortion restrictions, there’s a renewed push at the White House to find ways to help women in states that have virtually outlawed or limited the treatment, and to keep the issue top of mind for voters.
In reality, though, the administration is shackled by a ban on federal funding for most abortions, a conservative-leaning Supreme Court inclined to rule against abortion rights and a split Congress unwilling to pass legislation on the matter. […]
Administration officials are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday with state lawmakers ahead of their 2023 sessions, including in states with more extreme bans on the table, and will discuss safeguarding rights and helping women access care as top issues. The meetings follow sit-downs with roughly nine governors, attorneys general and Democratic state legislators from more than 30 states.
The administration, meanwhile, is implementing Biden’s executive orders signed in July and August that directed federal agencies to push back on abortion restrictions and protect women traveling out of their state to seek one, though some women’s rights advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. …
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I believe Rush said, long ago, that abortion is the sacrament in the religion of feminism. I was not totally convinced then, but I am now. Rush was spot on.
Add in that they encourage rapist to walk the streets free . . .
Many DAs let ‘em walk. The A holes.
By the way, my son is a USAF aviator. I was in the tower. 😁
Yes, and Lenin gave that to them back in 1920; our abominable “legal” abortion comes from USSR precedent.
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