
Abortion


Judicial oligarchy is the wrong way to decide abortion policy
Nine state legislatures recently have passed laws restricting abortion. Those laws may be good or bad. That’s a different question from whether they violate the Constitution. Part of being an adult is knowing the difference between what you’d like the law to be and...
Mississippi Heartbeat Law Seeks to Ban Most Abortions; Is the State Just Grandstanding?
JACKSON, Miss. (March 22, 2019) – Yesterday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill into law prohibiting abortions if doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat in most situations, defying a Supreme Court opinion effectively barring states from regulating...
Signed by the Governor: Iowa Law Bans Abortions After a Heartbeat Is Detected, Setting Foundation to Nullify Roe v. Wade
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 4, 2018) – Today, Iowa Gov. Reynolds signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat becomes detectable, setting the foundation to nullify the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. The Senate Human Resources...