The fight over abortion access was debated on Capitol Hill Thursday during a hearing about the controversial new Texas law that bans such procedures after six weeks and makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a Texas-based ob-gyn, told the House Judiciary Committee that Texas Senate Bill 8 — which took effect on Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court declined to block it — has "completely decimated" abortion access in the Longhorn State.
"As a physician, I know firsthand that abortion saves lives," she said. "For the thousands of people I’ve cared for, abortion is a blessing. Abortion is love."Moayedi also testified that she and her family have been the recipients of death threats from anti-abortion activists. Catherine Glenn Foster, president and CEO of Americans United for Life, an anti-abortion advocacy group, told the House panel that abortion access is "killing" disguised as public policy.
If the high court does allow the providers to sue, those challenges would proceed through lower courts. But the issue of the Texas law's constitutionality would remain unsettled.
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