Texas created the “Heartbeat Bill” which was enacted on May 19, 2021. The “Heartbeat Bill” states how one cannot receive an abortion once the embryonic or fetus’s heartbeat has been detected. According to science, a heartbeat can be detected after 5-6 weeks, and a woman is able to tell she is pregnant after 2-3. Within this time period, if a woman chooses to have an abortion, it is not an easy process to receive one as quickly as possible. It requires constant doctor visits, counseling appointments, and dealing with private coverage restrictions. There are many more steps to go through this process.
Recently, Tennessee Republicans have created an extremely similar copy to Texas’s “Heartbeat Bill”. This new legislation they are creating is not only going to prohibit a doctor from performing the surgery, but private persons can even launch civil actions against anyone who assists someone else in getting the treatment after six weeks of pregnancy. Instead of offering a patient a six-week window, the Tennessee version announced Tuesday would prohibit all abortions.
What these laws all have in common is the fact that they are not considering the potential environment the baby can live in, if the mother were to be unfit to provide a healthy and safe life for the baby. Furthermore, after all of the diverse organizations in favor of abortion such as “Whole Woman’s Alliance” or “NARAL”, protesting against their district courts to change the law within their state, their voice is never heard. What can be changed is the representation within the district courts, because women’s bodies seem to be dictated by elderly, white, conservative men who have no sense of what a woman must undergo in this process, and the harm the baby can potentially live in due to these unethical laws being created.
https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/when-can-you-hear-babys-heartbeat#Babys-heartbeat
https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/
Do you think the Supreme Court can intervene and enforce Roe V. Wade?
What is your opinion on all of the new laws being passed to prevent abortions?
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Considering that Roe v. Wade is possibly going to be overturned, I think think that there isn’t much that the Supreme Court can do to prevent these actions. With the Supreme Court going against abortion, there are little to no protections that will help prevent outright banning abortion. Doing some research, if Roe is overturned, over half of the States will ban abortion. Right now I know that there are many protests taking place around the United States which will hopefully grab the attention of policy/law makers. By having these protests it might convince some state governors to continue to give women the right to an abortion, but with Roe being overturned, I think that the states who have been implementing legislation like the Heartbeat Bill will definitely not care about the protests as they have shown they are against abortion. I think that the laws to prevent abortion are unnecessary and unfair. Many women are going to pointlessly die because they are receiving unsafe abortions. Like Jenna said, by implementing these laws we are forcing women to have a child that they may not be able to provide for which can be detrimental not only to the mother but to the child's way of living later on in life. I think rather than banning abortions there should be more to be done about providing free contraceptives that are accessible to everyone and having an improved sex education that illustrates how to have safe and protected sex.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/98683
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