, anti-choice lawmakers have grown emboldened to propose extreme and hostile restrictions. We have already seen multiple abortion laws being introduced on the that are draconian in their language, terrifying in their implications, and chilling in scope.From North Dakota, where an anti-choice lawmaker blamed infertility on God “closing” the womb of women due to legal abortion, to Oklahoma lawmakers proposing the death penalty for people who end their pregnancies, and Montana attempting to charge women who leave the state for abortions later in pregnancy with “trafficking” of their own fetus, it’s never been more crucial that we stay vigilant about The laws are popping up seemingly every day and increasing at what feels like a rapid clip.
At times, it can be hard to keep up with it all and understand what it all means, let alone how we can fight against it. And even though these abortion laws are all at the state level, and some have been voted down, they represent what anti-choice advocates are planning and thinking about and can provide insight to the fights we have ahead on a national level.So, we at Glamour will be tracking them all year so you can keep tabs on them and stay abreast of what’s happening in real-time.
We will update this story as warranted.Are you in a state where lawmakers are proposing new abortion restrictions? Flag it to us at stephanie_mcneal@condenast.com.Oklahoma already has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
But so-called “abolitionists” in the state Senate are attempting to take it even further, by punishing women who terminate their fetuses with the death penalty.The bill which was proposed by Sen.
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