June 07, 2005
No, it gets worse!
By Jim Dallas
I think Kevin Drum more or less nails it, but I'll add that there's an element of class warfare in this as well. Before Roe, the well-heeled could travel to more liberal jurisdictions to get abortions their way, while the rest either were stuck (either literally, as with back-alley abortions, or figuratively). Given our crazy-quilt of abortion laws in this state, that's essentially the case for many women, like Ms. Flores.
Posted by Jim Dallas at June 7, 2005 08:29 PM
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Abortions from 16 weeks onward now can be performed only in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
Abortions after the first trimester have ALWAYS been special cases. Even the original decision in Roe v. Wade made this distinction.
Justice Harry A. Blackmun held that the state's legitimate interest in protecting potential life increased as the pregnancy advanced. While allowing that the state may forbid abortions during the third trimester, Blackmun wrote that a woman is entitled to obtain an abortion freely, after consultation with a doctor, in the first trimester and in an authorized clinic in the second trimester.
