WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
The justices did not detail their reasoning for keeping in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. There were no publicly noted dissents.
The decision comes weeks before a presidential election where abortion has been a key issue after the high court’s 2022 decision overturning the nationwide right to abortion.
The justices rebuffed a Biden administration push to throw out the lower court order. The administration argues that under federal law hospitals must perform abortions if needed in cases where a pregnant patient’s health or life is at serious risk, even in states where it’s banned.
If you aren’t already doing so, it’s time to start preparing for a total abortion ban. If you’re not someone who wants to conceive, get your tubes tied. If you need birth control, stockpile it if you can, same with the morning after pill.
Maybe we won’t face a total ban in the coming years, but I’m not sure how any reasonable person can look at the political developments in the US over the last four years and be optimistic.
Sperm donors need to take more responsibility for pregnancy as well. Getting a vesectomy is responsible and doesn’t make someone any less of a person.
Best $500 I ever spent.
Some plans may even cover it as preventative care.
True, but they’re not the ones bearing the brunt of this issue, unfortunately.