At Least 21 States Will Protect Babies From Abortions if Roe v. Wade is Overturned
December 5, 2021 | Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah
At least 21 states immediately could ban the killing of unborn babies in abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Many hope the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which the high court heard Wednesday, will spur the justices to reverse its disastrous 1973 ruling and allow states to protect unborn babies from abortion again.
If Roe v. Wade goes, abortions would not automatically become illegal across the United States. Instead, the power to protect unborn babies or keep abortion legal would return to the states.
Estimates vary about how many states would do what, but a new NPR report predicts that 21 states would ban all or most abortions immediately if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. The estimate is based on an analysis from the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research group… (Excerpts from LIFENEWS.COM)
