Sentences with phrase «where women seeking an abortion»
The law, recently enacted in Texas, where women seeking an abortion are required to be raped, is one example of these «abortion prevention» measures.
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Even in situations where abortion is legal, the process of finding a legitimate provider is time - consuming and difficult, forcing many women — particularly those who are young, poor, and uneducated — to seek out illegal options.
Norma McCorvey, left, was 22, unmarried, unemployed and pregnant for the third time when in 1969 she sought to have an abortion in Texas, where the procedure was illegal except to save a woman's life.
The «woman's call to justice» that Cornell defends is warranted by women's suffering «under the conditions women would again face if the Roe framework was dismantled,» that is, the requirement that a woman carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, travel to a state or country where abortion was legal, or seek an illegal abortion.
They also blasted his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who once signed legislation that prohibits abortion in instances where women seek to have one after discovering the fetus has a disability.