May 2, 2022, 02:20pm.
The Washington Post reports that if the Supreme Court overturns Wade this summer, Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights activists will try to pass a federal abortion ban.
Women rights activists march to the U.S. Capitol on October 2, 2021.
According to the Post, the bill would ban abortion nationwide.
The Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group, has met with Republican presidential hopefuls about a ban on abortion, including former President Donald Trump.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, told the Post that most of the potential candidates support the ban.
Anti-abortion advocates believe a 15-week ban wouldn't go far enough and that a federal abortion ban could be as early as six weeks into a pregnant woman's uterus.
Even before the Supreme Court rules, a federal law would stop people from traveling out of state to get an abortion, and overrule legislation in Democratic-led states that guarantee the right to abortion.
A coalition of anti-abortion groups led by Students for Life Action wrote to every GOP lawmaker in Congress Monday, calling this a "pivotal moment in which almost anything is possible" when it comes to abortion restrictions.
It's clear that we have toelect more pro-reproductive health advocates on the national level and in the states, because Republicans say they want to push a nationwide abortion ban.
A majority. According to multiple recent polls, a majority of Americans oppose the repeal of the abortion law. A majority of Americans support legal access to abortion, but higher shares are willing to back restrictions on the procedure later into a pregnant woman.
Republicans will have the chance to take action. The Supreme Court is considering whether states can restrict abortion. When the court ends its term in late June, a ruling is expected and decisions could last into July. Justices signaled during oral arguments that they are likely to side with Mississippi, but it still remains unclear whether they will overturn the entire decision or narrowly uphold the 15-week ban. The fate of the Republicans will be determined by the November elections, where the GOP has a chance to take back the House and Senate.
Even if Republicans gain control of Congress, they still face long odds in trying to pass a federal abortion ban. The Post notes that an abortion ban would need 60 votes in the Senate, which is unlikely. Legislation would be subject to legal challenges even if it passes.
As the Supreme Court decision looms, Republican-led states have become more willing to take action against abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, more than 100 abortion restrictions were enacted by the states in 2021. Texas imposed the most severe restrictions in the US since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. Idaho and Oklahoma have already passed their own abortion bans, as well as an Oklahoma ban that makes it a felony to perform an abortion. In Kentucky, a law that effectively banned all abortions in the state was blocked in court.
The next step for the antiabortion movement is a nationwide ban.
Oklahoma is going to outlaw abortion after the legislature passes two Texas-style bans.
How Americans Really Feel About Abortion: The Sometimes Surprising Poll Results.
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