She was forced to travel from Northern Ireland to England for an abortion in 2013. Naomi Connor, co-covener of abortion rights campaigning group Alliance for Choice, knows what it takes to make such a journey. ‘It forces women to either make long journeys to access the care they need, or take matters into their own hands.’Īn analysis found that 26 states are ready to ban abortion entirely the moment it happens It simply makes it more difficult and more dangerous for women,’ continues Murphy. ‘Banning abortion does not remove women’s need to end a pregnancy. A Guttmacher analysis found that 26 states are ready to ban abortion entirely the moment it happens. Wade were overturned, women in a string of US states would lose access to abortion altogether or face even greater restrictions than they do already,’ says Chief Executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), Clare Murphy to ELLE. (At least 10 states have already passed anti-abortion laws with no exception for rape or incest, and Texas even offers £7,200 rewards to snitch to the government.) Wade mean?Ĭurrently, abortion remains technically legal in every US state, but different states have varied restrictions.
This is one of the most consequential cases before the Court in the last five decades. How Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately vote is unclear. But it indicates that a majority of the nine justices have the same view as Alito. It's worth reiterating that this opinion is a draft, so the ruling could change when it is finalised in the next couple of months.
Striking down Casey is the start of the government having total control over a woman’s body, which leaves the question: what will women be forced to do next? Casey supports the idea that the government does not have unlimited authority to force a woman to carry an unwanted fetus. Where Roe focused on the rights of doctors to treat patients, Casey focused on the rights of women. ‘It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.’ Alito also wrote that the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. ‘Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,’ writes Justice Samuel Alito in the Politico article that was leaked. ‘There is some evidence that the people who stand outside abortion clinics in England harassing women are funded by anti-abortion churches and organisations which also operated in the US.’ So, what did the Roe v. ‘The anti-abortion lobby in Britain is powerful and vocal - they are a huge reason that the government has been dithering on at-home abortion,’ continues Spratt. There is no knowing where the withdrawal of civil rights will end Their influence (and monetary power) cannot be under-estimated.’ ‘I know that the anti-abortion lobby in the West is a coordinated effort. ‘What happens in America does not happen in a vacuum,’ says writer and editor Vicky Spratt* to ELLE. Wade abortion law is overturned as planned, this could inspire the UK in dangerous ways. ‘This news from America on abortion shows the far right is gaining in its battle to control women’s bodies,’ she continues. Wade or restricting access to abortion can call themselves pro-life.’ ‘Preventing access to abortion doesn’t prevent abortion – it just puts women’s lives at risk,’ British MP Stella Creasy tells ELLE UK this week. It came into existence in 1973, after a Texan woman (known by the legal pseudonym ‘Jane Roe’) started a lawsuit wanting an abortion when it was illegal except when saving the mother's life. This law protects the right to an abortion in the US up to the point a fetus can survive outside the womb. Their rage was a result of a draft document that was leaked and published by Politico showing the majority opinion of the US' Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v.
Perhaps you've even seen the viral video of US Senator Elizabeth Warren storming out of Congress on May 3 shouting 'I am angry!' to throngs of Supreme Court protesters. By now, you have probably seen the news that access to legal abortion is under imminent threat in the US.