Several Republicans known for their radical anti-choice rhetoric flanked the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Steve King, as he spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference.
When Rewire asked why her family was at the Women’s March on Washington, Layla Abdus-Salaam, 13, said, “I think a lot of people will see how we protest, and how we’re coming together as a community, and how we’re going to express how we feel.”
"Any attempt to block a patient's right to safe and legal abortion will not go unchallenged," said Laura McQuade, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. "The state of Arkansas should not waste taxpayer dollars on this ideological war.
"Personhood" laws would criminalize abortion with no exception and ban many forms of contraception, in vitro fertilization, and health care for pregnant people.
“Trump’s Global Gag Rule will only lead to increases in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternal and newborn deaths," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. "This harmful policy undermines American democratic values of free-speech and imposes an anti-woman agenda.”
Forty-four years after Roe v. Wade became the law of the land, it's become clear that it's not enough to technically have access to abortion care. People need to be able to exercise their constitutional rights without stigma and fear too.
