{"id":265614,"date":"2022-04-07T06:42:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=265614"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:45:12","slug":"state-ready-roe-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/state-ready-roe-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your state ready for Roe to go?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Daily Signal<\/a>)\u00a0Every spring, as the end of the Supreme Court\u2019s term approaches, judicial watchers around the country wait on pins and needles, usually for one or two opinions in particular.<\/p>\n

This year, that feeling is amplified as we anticipate the decision for Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/a>, the first direct challenge<\/a> to Roe v. Wade in three decades. After hearing comprehensive oral arguments in December, the pro-life movement hopes this case will go in our favor.<\/p>\n

But what happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? Most Americans don\u2019t know that if Roe is overturned in Dobbs, it will merely send the abortion issue back to the states. This means states will become a battleground for pro-life and pro-abortion legislation.<\/p>\n

Up until now<\/a>, Planned Parenthood v. Casey said states may regulate, but not prohibit, abortion before the unborn baby is viable, over halfway through pregnancy. For many states, this isn\u2019t enough. They want to go further.<\/p>\n

In Dobbs, Mississippi asked the Supreme Court for the freedom to protect life before viability. Many states want to do the same, and have added a right to life to their state constitution or passed laws much more protective than the Casey standard with the hope that one day those laws could take effect.<\/p>\n

Americans United for Life compiled a list of constitutional amendments, statutes, and lawsuits that help determine whether your state is Roe-ready, and how protective each state will be toward preborn members of the human family.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0It\u2019s past time for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe \u2013 and this time, there\u2019s a good chance they will<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is your state ready for Roe to go? To answer this question, we have divided the states into three categories:<\/p>\n