Posted on 04/03/2020 7:35:58 PM PDT by Morgana
Women in Texas must now travel 20 times farther for an abortion as a result of the state’s new ban, according to an analysis of anti-abortion measures introduced in a half dozen states amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Under Texas’s statewide ban, the average one-way distance a woman must travel to reach the nearest abortion provider would increase from 12 miles to 243 miles, according to a new study by the research group the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights.
“The greater the increase in travel distance, the greater the hardship it causes, and the more likely it becomes that some individuals will not be able to get abortion care at all,” the study’s authors wrote.
State officials argue the ban is intended to conserve medical supplies for health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. But abortion rights advocates say states are using the pandemic as a pretext to block access.
As the coronavirus spread across the country, Texas and five other states introduced abortion restrictions, some of which are under legal challenge as placing an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
“Texans know abortion is a time-sensitive procedure that can not be delayed without profound consequences and Texans will remember that when they needed help during a pandemic, their state leaders were too busy politicizing and banning abortion care,” said Aimee Arrambide, executive director of the Texas chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that Texas can temporarily enforce a ban on abortions as part of its pandemic response. That ruling — a 2-1 decision by a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals — stayed a lower court ruling that blocked Texas from carrying out the ban while an appeal from Texas is considered.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) hailed the decision in a statement Tuesday.
"The temporary stay ordered this afternoon justly prioritizes supplies and personal protective equipment for the medical professionals in need," he said.
The statewide bans are ultimately likely to be measured against a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said an abortion restriction is unconstitutional if it burdens on a woman’s right to access outweighs its medical benefits.
Among the abortion restrictions put in place amid the pandemic, Texas’s statewide ban would result in the largest average increase of one-way driving distance a woman seeking an abortion would have to travel, from 12 miles to 243, or 1,925 percent longer, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Other states included in the study were Alabama (from 26 miles to 108, or 315 percent longer), Iowa (from 28 miles to 139, or 396 percent longer), Kentucky (from 69 miles to 109, or 58 percent longer), Ohio (from 15 miles to 120, or 700 percent longer) and Oklahoma (from 14 miles to 155 miles, or 1,007 percent longer).
“Extended travel, or any travel, during the COVID-19 crisis flies in the face of basic public health recommendations and, in some cases, legal orders,” the authors wrote.
It’s a journey.
Who “forced” her to spread?
Is she carrying blocks of ice up and down stairs and then having to walk there?
I want this baby dead and I want it dead now! why do I have to go 250 miles to kill my baby? Does this sound like a reasonalbe argument to you? or a reasonable stance on an issue? if you vote yes, you are probably going to hell.
“...placing an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.”
How far did she travel to get laid?
OH THE HORROR !!!
Who forced her to kill her baby?
Democrat baby murder is hard work!
People are gonna have sex. Lots of it That’s not gonna change.
i don’t care what they do.
But if they get pregnant, they cannot murder that baby.
Carry him/her to term and put the child up for adoption.
The biggest reason given in the old days for abortion was social stigma of being pregnant out of wedlock.
Lord know that doesn’t exist anymore.
Do the 9 lousy months and give the kid a chance for goodnes’ sake
One mile - twenty miles.... it’s not that big a deal. So glad that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry are showing their true colors.
Good....more time for the Holy Spirit to convict the woman and convince her to stop the abortion.
“Good....more time for the Holy Spirit to convict the woman and convince her to stop the abortion.”
You would hope and pray but often it seems some of these women are so head strong on killing the baby no matter what.
It’s hard on a murderer out there.
I hope these child murderers have to go to CANADA to commit abortions. We don’t want that evil here. They should be in JAIL.
She told me she wavered for days, but finally decided not to abort when she saw a calendar --- a cheap paper calendar --- on a friend's kitchen wall, with a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She thought, "If I do get rid of this baby, I'll never be able to look at His face again."
Her daughter, Robin, is now a pre-med student. A poet. And the sweetest little gal in the world.
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Well, at least Gas is cheap.
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