Texas Ban Expected To Give 'Rocket Fuel' To Anti-Abortion Movement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "People who support gun rights, for instance, certainly don't want to be dragged to court and sued by someone who opposes gun rights.
60% : The Texas law is already sending shockwaves around the country, with abortion rights supporters anticipating a surge of copycat laws and other attempts by anti-abortion legislators to push forward what they can.
57% : Abortion is expected to play a prominent role in upcoming elections.
48% : Oklahoma, for example, is already seeing a rise in patients from Texas, as well as an uptick in inquiries about how to access abortion when traveling there.
46% : The Texas law's model could also have ramifications far beyond abortion, pro-choice advocates warned.
45% : Jenny Black, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia), said her region regularly passes laws identical to those in other states that restrict abortion.
43% : Teter said that when Texas restricted abortion earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic by deeming it an "elective procedure," the number of Texans seeking abortion care in his region skyrocketed with a "1,200% increase."
42% : He noted that historically, states would pass laws that infringe on civil rights, such as restricting marriage equality or the right to vote.
40% : The list is very long, and I think this sets a really, really dangerous precedent, not only for the right to abortion, but for this idea that as long as the government isn't directly and explicitly enforcing something that's unconstitutional, that you can just deputize and really incentivize your neighbors to do so.
39% : Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights, identified 24 states to watch that are hostile to abortion.
38% : Without Roe v. Wade, there is no protection for abortion in Tennessee," said Ashley Coffield, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.
38% : "You could see that translate into all kinds of other social issues, like gun control, LGBTQ rights.
36% : Texas now bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, even though many women don't yet know they're pregnant at that point.
36% : Every state-level abortion advocate HuffPost spoke with Wednesday said they expect to see conservative legislators empowered in the next legislative session and believe abortion will be a top issue.
36% : It doesn't criminalize abortion; state officials are not allowed to enforce it.
34% : "Texas lawmakers found the loophole that could make dismantling Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion a reality.
33% : In July, Youngkin was caught on video saying that he had to avoid talking too much about abortion in order to win over more moderate voters but that he would go "on offense" if elected.

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