States Introduce Record Number of Pro-Life Bills This Year to Protect Babies From Abortion
February 23, 2022 | Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
State lawmakers have introduced more than 230 pro-life bills across the country already this year, spurred by new hope that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade this summer.
The high court’s recent refusals to block the Texas heartbeat law, coupled with its decision to hear a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks, have renewed pro-life advocates’ hopes that states soon will be allowed to protect unborn babies again.
BuzzFeed News noted the trend in a piece over the weekend that criticized pro-life efforts.
“Emboldened by confidence that the US Supreme Court will disintegrate abortion rights later this year, conservative lawmakers are rushing to introduce and pass anti-abortion legislation,” the piece began.
It cited research from the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research group, which found that more than 230 pro-life bills have been introduced in 39 state legislatures already this year. These include bills modeled after the Texas heartbeat law in Nebraska, Arkansas, Idaho and Oklahoma, and legislation similar to the Mississippi 15-week ban in Florida, West Virginia and Arizona… (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
