Hate Groups Plan To Undermine Abortion Measures

Politico reports:

Anti-abortion groups on Tuesday unveiled their “Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap,” an effort to chip away at federal and state access, including in nearly a dozen states that enshrined protections through ballot measures over the last two years.

Drawing on the playbook they successfully used under Roe v. Wade to regulate clinics out of existence and outlaw particular methods of abortion, conservative groups plan next year to file lawsuits targeting federal regulation of abortion pills and push legislation in Congress and in at least 15 states they believe can circumvent constitutional amendments and court rulings protecting the procedure.

And at the top of Students for Life’s federal punch list are demands that the new administration appoint abortion opponents to key positions at HHS, FDA, DOJ and other agencies, pardon activists serving prison sentences for blockading abortion clinics and defund Planned Parenthood.

Read the full article. The plan is expected to be funded by the Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council.

Nearly a dozen states have voted to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions. But anti-abortion groups think they can chip away at (and eventually overturn) these “Mini Roes” just as they did to Roe v. Wade. Here’s how: https://t.co/x0No5sf95J

— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) November 12, 2024