Governors in 22 states and D.C. are suing the Trump administration over the defunding of Planned Parenthood, which has already been halted in court because of what even the Washington Post editorial board calls judicial activism.
But good things are happening in some states, too.
Indiana had its first in utero surgery for a severe form of spina bifida. “We can rewrite a child’s future before they even take their first breath,” Dr. Hiba Mustafa, director of fetal surgery at Riley’s Children Health in Indianapolis, said in a press release. “Families no longer need to travel out of state for world-class care and a chance at better outcomes.”
Spina bifida in any form is a frightening diagnosis, the kind that leads doctors to recommend abortion, and eugenics companies work to eliminate embryos that show signs of it. (For embryo selection, the eugenics business model at IVF companies counts on parents having forgotten what it’s like to be or meet a human being, all of us imperfect.)
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is leading a group of Republican state AGs in asking Congress to address the New York–style “shield laws” in Democratic states. He has also been issuing cease-and-desist letters to out-of-state entities targeting Arkansas women for abortions. He’s had some success, even in radical New York.
About a clinic in Queens, Griffin writes:
On May 21, I sent a letter to Choices Women’s Medical Center of New York (Choices) instructing it to cease and desist from using its website to direct Arkansans to abortion pill services, specifically the website’s invitation for Arkansans to take the second round of abortion pills “at home” after being administered the first round at a clinic outside of Arkansas.
Choices has since removed the problematic language from its website, which resolves this violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA). I have sent a letter notifying Choices that the organization has satisfactorily complied with my demand.
Organizations cannot provide goods and services directly to Arkansans for use within Arkansas in a manner that violates Arkansas law. I will continue to hold organizations accountable for violations of the ADTPA and ensure that Arkansas laws protecting innocent life are followed.
“States should be respectful of other states’ laws,” Griffin said in a press conference Tuesday.
We should also do everything we can do to make sure that women know that the choice to be a mother is one that they will be supported in, however unplanned or inconvenient the timing may be. For a half century, we believed we could as a country be better than the deadly regime of Roe v. Wade. Now, Democratic politicians, activist judges, and the media are working overtime to make an already complicated situation all the more difficult and confusing — even adding to the layers of danger.
We should be grateful — on behalf of the unborn and the women of New York — for the healthy Arkansan influence.
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