Democratic Strongholds Plot Strategy to Ensure Abortion Access
- High court’s decision sets the stage for a bifurcated America
- Pro-choice politicians rush to ensure their states are havens
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California, Washington and Oregon formed an alliance to ensure abortion access on the West Coast. Michigan’s leader asked the state’s highest court to rule quickly on her suit seeking to codify rights to the procedure. And in Illinois, the governor demanded a special legislative session.
As conservatives across the US celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision that struck down the nationwide right to abortion, Democratic leaders moved to make sure they could ensure access to reproductive care where the politics allow it.