As Supreme Court considers abortion cases, local governments impose bans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Ariana Ybarra, an organizer for NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, said these municipal bans are just another tactic for anti-abortion activists to attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade.
61% : Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion laws on Oct. 2, in Austin, Texas.
49% : Municipal abortion bans have more than doubled since the start of 2021, according to Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn, the group that has spearheaded the effort, as well as abortion rights advocates.
42% : Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, said the current political climate surrounding abortion is unlike anything she's ever seen in her 20 years of work on protecting abortion rights.
40% : Texas asked the high court to block a lawsuit brought in federal court by abortion clinics in Texas against S.B. 8, which bans abortion after doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat, about six weeks into a pregnancy.
39% : Montinique Monroe / Getty Images fileAs the Supreme Court takes up cases involving Texas' restrictive abortion law and Mississippi's legislation that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, local governments on their own have been steadily passing laws that ban abortion.
39% : The city council late last month approved legislation criminalizing abortion, even though there are no abortion clinics in Mason.

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