just as samuel leaders leaked draft opinion, we ll not firing, confirms a fear that is held by many supporters of abortion rights, that the conservative movement has achieved its aim of installing a majority of justices to the supreme court. ready to erase abortion rights entirely. if, as expected, roe is overturned, it would be the culmination of decades of efforts to undo its protections. the fact is, abortion rights that exist today or a watered down version of the rights first afforded by row. that is affected by justice alito s draft opinion. quote, in this case, 26 states expressly asked us to overrule roe and casey and to return the issue of abortion to the people in their elected representatives. if roe falls, it is taking casey down with. it casey refers to a lesser known 1992 supreme court case called planned parenthood the casey, which had major consequences for abortion
and a have women of childbearing age in arizona, right now. with roe protecting the rights abortion in that state, women only have to drive an average of 11 miles one way to obtain abortion care. but if roe falls, abortion will be legal in arizona. and women will have to drive an average of 251 miles, one way, the obtain an abortion. let s do one more v s. let s look at florida. 4.6 million women of childbearing age live in florida. right, now our drone can obtain an abortion in florida just driving eight miles one way. but if florida were to ban abortion, the average one-way distance to an abortion clinic will be 575 miles. based on their analysis, they estimate that 36 million women will be forced to travel extraordinary, oftentimes, impossible distances, don t deign the very common, constitutionally protected care that the used to be able to get
right now. with roe protecting the rights abortion in that state, women only have to drive an average of 11 miles one way to obtain abortion care. but if roe falls, abortion will be legal in arizona. and women will have to drive an average of 251 miles, one way, the obtain an abortion. let s do one more of these let s look at florida. 4. 6 million women of childbearing age live in florida. right, now our drone can obtain an abortion in florida just driving eight miles one way. but if florida were to ban abortion, the average one-way distance to an abortion clinic will be 575 miles. based on their analysis, they estimate that 36 million women will be forced to travel extraordinary, oftentimes, impossible distances, don t deign the very common, constitutionally protected care that the used to be able to get after a drive of just a dozen or so miles from their home. and that s assuming that they will be able to obtain that care once they make that long journey.
place ready to effectively ban abortions there if roe is overturned. i don t think most missourians realize how extreme our state will be the minute roe falls. it s not a matter of if at this point. it s just a matter of when. will it be in three weeks or four weeks? at that moment, a law goes into affect that outlaws all abortions in the state of missouri. not even an exception for rape or incest. combine that with our personhood law which means any fertilized egg is considered a person. it s going to have a ramification for not just victims of rape and incest who are not going to have access to be able to terminate a young child who has been raped repeatedly by her uncle, would not have access to terminate that pregnancy in missouri, but it will have an impact on iud,