{"id":278308,"date":"2022-10-23T09:23:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=278308"},"modified":"2022-11-01T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T22:52:49","slug":"abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion across America’s Heartland: Are preborn children safer since Roe’s fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade, nearly 50 years after it was thrust on our nation. Their decision sent the abortion issue back to each individual state to decide their own laws.<\/p>\n

Are preborn babies any safer in America’s Heartland\u00a0since SCOTUS made their decision?<\/p>\n

TRIGGER LAWS PROTECT PREBORN BABIES IN THREE HEARTLAND STATES<\/b><\/h3>\n

Thirteen U.S. states had previously passed<\/a> “trigger laws” before SCOTUS ended Roe. These state trigger laws were put in place to immediately outlaw abortion when Roe was abolished. Abortions were halted right away in Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota. Without delay, their trigger laws protected preborn babies and their mothers.<\/p>\n

Due to a North Dakota Judge\u2019s <\/span>injunction<\/span><\/a>, Missouri and South Dakota are currently the only trigger laws in the Heartland that fully protect preborn children.<\/span><\/p>\n

NORTH DAKOTA\u2019S TRIGGER LAW HAMPERED BY A SINGLE JUDGE\u2019S DECiSION<\/b><\/h3>\n

While the North Dakota abortion trigger law would have quickly saved preborn babies from abortion, the law has now been temporarily halted by a judge\u2019s <\/span>injunction<\/span><\/a>. On October 31, 2022, it was reported that Judge Bruce Romanick issued his ruling, stating he will not allow the state\u2019s trigger law to take effect as he believes that there is a “substantial probability\u201d that it will be overturned by a constitutional challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Dakota\u2019s one remaining abortion site, Red River Women\u2019s Clinic, has closed down and moved across the border into Minnesota, but not before <\/span>raising well over $1 million dollars<\/span><\/a> on GoFundMe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pro-life legislators are at work on legislative remedies to address \u201c<\/span>differences in state law<\/span><\/a> that some doctors say could hinder care for pregnant patients with life-threatening ailments.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>While the injunction stands and pro-life lawmakers work on new legislation, <\/span>several restrictions<\/span><\/a> remain on abortions. However, preborn children are not protected until after 22 weeks of pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the ruling of one judge, preborn children in North Dakota are not safe for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n

PREBORN BABIES ARE SAFER IN WISCONSIN – FOR NOW<\/b><\/h3>\n

Prior to Roe’s overturn, Republican legislators in Wisconsin passed a bill in 1996 that required women to receive counseling and wait 24 hours before an abortion. In recent years, lawmakers and then-Governor Scott Walker, legislated that there were to be no abortions after five months of pregnancy. Women must also have an ultrasound before an abortion.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin did not specifically have a trigger law in place when Roe ended. However, they immediately became a state that only allows abortions if it is determined that a mother’s life is in serious danger. It is now a felony to perform an abortion for any other reason, and anyone that performs one for any other reason faces up to six years in prison. These abortion restrictions are due to the passage of a law in 1849<\/a>, one year after Wisconsin became a state. This law was not enforced after the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973.<\/p>\n

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Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, called for a special session to address the 1849 law. On October 4, that special session began with the gavel in of legislators. Seconds later, they gaveled out<\/a>, signaling their unwillingness to stop the1849 law that prohibits most abortions in their state. Republican Assembly Speaker Vos referred to the special session as a “political stunt” by the pro-abortion governor.\u00a0Will preborn babies remain safe under the now-enforced 1849 pro-life law? That remains to be seen, as Governor Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul also filed a legal complaint<\/a> against the law.<\/p>\n

In November, Wisconsin voters will determine the future fate of preborn babies.<\/p>\n

IN\u00a0NEBRASKA,\u00a0IOWA, AND MISSOURI, PREBORN BABIES RECEIVE SOME PROTECTIONS<\/b><\/h3>\n

Since Roe ended, many women have been looking to the Heartland states for chemical abortions<\/a>. Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri top the list of states showing the highest online searches for the abortion pill. All abortions are now illegal in Missouri, due to their trigger law. Abortions throughout the first 20 weeks of pregnancy continue in Nebraska and Iowa.<\/p>\n