Abortion in the USA

Rolling Stone Magazine highlights a Texas court ruling which will have the effect of closing almost all the abortion clinics in the state. Separately, they have a longer profile of the conservative activists and campaign groups who are influencing Republican-controlled states to pass laws which make it harder for women to have an abortion.

Strikingly, and tragically, in a state of 27 million people there are fewer than 25 clinics and this number is likely to fall. There will undoubtedly be unforeseen consequences of this.

A former abortion clinic in Texas. Picture Credit: Rolling Stone

For G and P students thinking about Unit 3C or Unit 4C this is a fascinating topic which links issues like the policies of the Democrats and Republican parties with Supreme Court decisions such as Roe v Wade or Citizens United. In addition, the power of the individual states to pass laws which contradict federal law or undermine Supreme Court rulings.