These ordinances were never made to be enforceable. They are meant to sow confusion and to create fear and uncertainty, and keep people from talking to their neighbors and their family and friends when they need help.
What happens when abortions are banned with no exceptions for rape (even for young girls) and contraceptives are banned? Which states have the most rape related pregnancies (RPP) and ban abortions? Who are the Republicans stripping women of their freedoms? Click on this Map.
The vote on the #RightToContraceptionAct was 51-39, falling short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a #filibuster & move forward. Republicans said the bill is unnecessary as the use of #BirthControl is protected under #SCOTUS precedent as if [#SupremeCourt precedent means anything anymore].
#Republicans Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska & #SusanCollins of Maine voted w/ #Democrats in support of the bill. #Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, switched his vote to “no” for procedural reasons so he could bring up the bill again at a later date.
“Far-right conservatives are sowing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes IUDs, emergency contraception, even birth-control pills as causing abortions.”
The divide illustrates growing #Republican tensions over the political cost of the “#personhood” movement to endow an [potentially nonviable] #embryo w/ #HumanRights, which has animated the debate around #IVF. #Medical societies define PREGNANCY [not a person] as starting once an embryo has implanted in the wall of the uterus. But #conservative#legislators say they believe life begins when eggs are fertilized — before pregnancy — & are conflating #BirthControl w/ #abortion. #law#BirthControl
Many #Americans do not understand the difference between #abortion pills, which end a pregnancy, & emergency #contraception, which prevents it. Nearly ¾ of Americans incorrectly think that emergency contraceptive pills can end a pregnancy in its early stages, according to a 2023 poll by KFF, a nonprofit focused on national #health issues.
Antiabortion groups are stepping in to fill that knowledge gap w/ #disinformation.
Texas man recounts wife's #miscarriage experience under new #abortion restrictions >>>
"What are we supposed to do?...They feel scared - the doctors feel scared."
"Everything that's she's having to do right now to get better... it's not just a reminder of the baby we lost, it's a reminder of what they put her through."