Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @12:25AM
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> Abortion is, fortunately, always a choice in the US.
Legally, it is sometimes a choice in America (many states have restrictions, both within the bounds which have previously been found constitutional by the federal courts and in many cases outside them and likely to be challenged in the future, but enforced until such a challenge happens and succeeds -- and there is no guarantee that a challenge will succeed, even if the precedent suggests it should.) Practically, it is even less of a choice than it is legally, due to various factors, including the restrictions, driving abortion providers out of large swaths of the country.
Legally, it is sometimes a choice in America (many states have restrictions, both within the bounds which have previously been found constitutional by the federal courts and in many cases outside them and likely to be challenged in the future, but enforced until such a challenge happens and succeeds -- and there is no guarantee that a challenge will succeed, even if the precedent suggests it should.) Practically, it is even less of a choice than it is legally, due to various factors, including the restrictions, driving abortion providers out of large swaths of the country.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/22/the-geograp...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/08/texas-abortion-acce...
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/maps-of-access-to-abortio...