The Return of the Rise and Fall of Roe v. Wade, Pt. 2
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The Kaleidoscope of Restrictions
If these things didn't create a substantial obstacle to getting an abortion, then the legislators wouldn't pass the laws. Abortions in texas are banned after 20 weeks. And you no, a fetus isn't viuable until sometime after that. So the law is nonsensical. It only serves to sort of culturally vilify what lawmakers are identifying as the scary parts of an abortion procedure that don't even exist. There's also all of these ways that state law makers try to stigmatize people seeking abortion health care. You know, there's a whole kind of category of laws known as trap laws that's targeted regulation of abortion providers. These kinds of laws impose arbitrary and difficult standards on facilities
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