{"id":194447,"date":"2019-02-01T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T20:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=194447"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:58:09","slug":"guttmacher-institute-plan-expand-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guttmacher-institute-plan-expand-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Guttmacher Institute releases plan to expand abortion in 7 ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having long ago abandoned the idea that abortion should be “rare,” the Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood’s\u00a0former \u201cspecial affiliate<\/a>,\u201d has published<\/a>\u00a0a new\u00a0“policy review<\/a>,” titled, “Ensuring Access to Abortion at the State Level.<\/a>” This report reveals right away — in case there was any doubt — that the pro-abortion movement has no desire to help decrease the number of abortions. “As the country looks ahead to a potential future in which the Supreme Court retracts federal protections, states can take stock of their existing policies and consider what is needed to protect or expand access to abortion care<\/strong>,” the document<\/a> begins. And here are its goals:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0Push statutory and constitutional measures to codify abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Report authors Elizabeth Nash and Megan K. Donovan write, “[E]fforts in a handful of states have shifted focus from the Roe viability framework to a broader model that seeks to prevent the government from interfering in an individual\u2019s ability to access abortion care throughout pregnancy.”<\/p>\n