Connecticut Senate Approves Bill to Protect Abortionists, Patients from Out-of-State Laws

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : It comes as the Supreme Court is poised to issue a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that has allowed the justices to revisit Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.
45% : One of the bill's sponsors, Democratic state Representative Matt Blumenthal, said legislators in pro-life states have "made clear that their intent is not only to ban abortion within their own states borders but to ban it in states where it is expressly permitted."
44% : While other state-level bans on abortion before 24 weeks have been blocked by the courts due to Supreme Court precedent, the Texas law has a unique enforcement mechanism that allows any individual to sue anyone who knowingly performs or aids in an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, removing the responsibility of enforcement from the state's executive branch and placing it into the hands of citizens.

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