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Kentucky is not alone. There are six other states - seven total - with only a single abortion clinic.
In the first half of 2017 alone, 41 laws restricting abortion access were enacted. From 1991 to 2014, we have lost over 30% of our abortion providers nationwide. From just over 2400 to just under 1500. The population is growing, the need for clinics are growing but they are being legislated out of existence by zealots that need to control the lives and morality of women.
Good. There's not a damn thing wrong with abortion. People need to get the hell over it. And don't give me one bit about the taxpayers dime: Hyde Amendment.
Birth control and abortion services are an investment into society. This vilification is ridiculous and hysterical. This isn't about morality or safety for women or even taxpayer money. It's about these anti-abortion fanatics that seek to impose their will upon women.
For years, such organizations kept a low profile to avoid being targeted by abortion opponents. But now, as abortion foes have succeeded in shrinking access, advocates are working harder to grow grassroots support and taking a more public stance. The anti-abortion movement won a victory with the election of President Donald Trump, who has promised to appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision protecting a woman's right to abortion. Critics of the decision say states should decide.
Kentucky is a flashpoint in the national debate. The state had 17 abortion providers in 1978 but one today. It could become the first U.S. state without any clinics this fall, when a court will determine whether its anti-abortion Republican governor wins a licensing fight. Anti-abortion protesters will converge on Louisville starting Saturday ahead of a week of demonstrations. Some have vowed to broadcast footage of abortions on an 8-by-16-foot "Pro-Life JumboTron" screen. In response, a judge has ordered a temporary buffer zone around the state's only abortion clinic.
Kentucky is not alone. There are six other states - seven total - with only a single abortion clinic.
In the first half of 2017 alone, 41 laws restricting abortion access were enacted. From 1991 to 2014, we have lost over 30% of our abortion providers nationwide. From just over 2400 to just under 1500. The population is growing, the need for clinics are growing but they are being legislated out of existence by zealots that need to control the lives and morality of women.
Advocates say poor and rural women are hurt most by such laws. The biggest impact is in the South and Midwest, where the number of abortion providers has dwindled. Nearly half of the 40 clinics in Texas closed after laws enacted in 2013. Only a few have reopened since last year's court ruling.
"When we started two years ago, a lawyer told us to make sure your mission is kind of vague, don't use the A-word," said Maia Elkana, who started Missouri's Gateway Women's Access Fund several years ago. "We're a lot more out there now."
Good. There's not a damn thing wrong with abortion. People need to get the hell over it. And don't give me one bit about the taxpayers dime: Hyde Amendment.
Birth control and abortion services are an investment into society. This vilification is ridiculous and hysterical. This isn't about morality or safety for women or even taxpayer money. It's about these anti-abortion fanatics that seek to impose their will upon women.