Letters to the Editor
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Sad days for women's rights
Unfortunately for this young poor women, the elected officals who work to dismantle abortion rights are in most cases the same elected officals who vote agnist minimum wage increases, welfare benefits, and other health care for womne in need. The so-called pro-lfers also worked diligently to mke sure that young women do not have access to compreshensive sexuality education and affordblee birth control.
Most abortions are [performed in the first treimester (1-12 weeks). However second trimester abortions are not late term abortions, but the ANTIS have cleverly wrapped the second trimester into their "late term" rhetoric.
Today abortion rights are being turned back to pre Roe v. Wade and with a Supreme Court that has moved quickly to the far right, we can see Roe totally dismantled in the near future. Don't be fooled they are chipping from the top down. The so-called partial birth aboriton ban was totally unnecesary, as under Roe aboritons after viability (aprox 23 weeks) were already limited. Later Term abortions were very rare. Only .004% of all abortions were performed late term. The difference now is women who have severe health problems late in preganncy can not get an abortion, as the SC late term abortion ban makes no exception for women's health. The new late term law is so unclear that it may also be ued to ban second trimester abortions. Yet I see no outcry from young women or men. I guess because they never faced the days before Roe when abortion was legal in some states and baned in others. The an older women, fought the battle, for your rights. Younger women it's time to step UP!