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The American South
Laurie Bertram Roberts has devoted years to helping people navigate the complexities of accessing abortion care in the Deep South.
It’s a part of the country frequently described by reproductive rights advocates as an abortion desert since clinics are few.
There are only nine in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana combined.
Add to this the intricate web of legal restrictions on abortion care that vary from state to state, making the process cumbersome for patients.
Then there’s the financial cost, which abortion funds, like the Yellowhammer Fund in Alabama, help patients cover.
Roberts is the executive director of the organization in Alabama, which helps patients pay for procedures and other associated costs, including travel expenses and childcare.
Supreme Court Tees Up To Review Abortion Bans In Mississippi Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a case examining whether Mississippi’s pro-life ban on elective abortions 15 weeks into pregnancy is unconstitutional.
This particular restriction in Missippi was first enacted in 2018 and allowed abortions after the 15-week date for “medical emergencies” and “severe” fetal abnormalities. Lower courts, however, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, blocked the law and ruled that it places an undue burden on women who want to abort their child after the state’s deadline.
By choosing to take up
During a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce Committee Health subcommittee Wednesday, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) asked Becerra if he intends to “follow the law,” as he said during his confirmation hearing, and if that included the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.
Becerra responded, “There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”
The law itself provides a definition for Partial-Birth Abortion:
(1) A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the
practice of performing a partial-birth abortion–an abortion in
which a physician deliberately and intentionally vaginally
delivers a living, unborn child’s body until either the entire
Biden Overturns Trump Rule Protecting Doctors From Being Forced to Kill Babies in Abortions 05/10/2021 at 6:39 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews, May 10, 2021
In June 2020, President Donald Trump issued a pro-life rule that will protect pro-life Americans and help save babies from abortion. His administration implemented a rule to block the effects of a dangerous Obamacare provision that could be used to compel doctors to participate in abortions.
Today, Joe Biden reversed it.
During the trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule that revises 2016 provisions of the Obamacare section 1557 rule that had redefined discrimination “on the basis of sex” to include “pregnancy termination.” The new rule protected doctors, nurses and medical professionals from being compelled to assist abortions.