Connecticut lawmakers pass bill to protect abortion seekers and providers from out-of-state lawsuits - KION546

May 01, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Negative

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"Coecticut is the latest state to enact bills this year that protect or expand access to abortion as conservative states push restrictive abortion laws in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision in a case that challenges Roe v Wade."
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-16% Liberal
"The bill was prompted by the controversial Texas law that allows private citizens to take civil action to enforce its ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy."
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-32% Liberal
"Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state last month signed a bill into law that he said would protect out-of-state patients seeking abortion services and Washington abortion providers from prosecution through vigilante justice from states such as Texas."
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-4% Liberal
"It's incredible that the Supreme Court is going to make a decision in three or four months that could fundamentally change a woman's right to choose and that a majority of the states across the country already got bills passed or about to pass that virtually outlaw a woman's right to choose, and we're not going to let that happen in Coecticut, Lamont said at a news conference last week alongside abortion rights advocates."
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-8% Liberal
"Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, has said that he will sign the bill."
Negative
-10% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Connecticut is the latest state to enact bills this year that protect or expand access to abortion as conservative states push restrictive abortion laws in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision in a case that challenges Roe v Wade.
34% : The bill was prompted by the controversial Texas law that allows private citizens to take civil action to enforce its ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.

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