The Dallas County Commissioners Court Approves Its Own Local Abortion Declaration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "When we talk about supporting the Roe v. Wade standard, are we saying we support an absolute right to privacy throughout the entire pregnancy as it was understood in Roe, before Planned Parenthood v. Casey?" he asked.
50% : The 1992 SCOTUS ruling Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey gave states more power to regulate and restrict abortions, including allowing provisions for informed consent, 24-hour waiting periods with information provided on abortion alternatives, parental consent for minors in most cases, required reporting by abortion providers, and freed states to begin regulating abortions earlier as long as it didn't present an "undue burden" to the pregnant person.
49% : By the second trimester, the government could regulate, but not ban abortion, in order to protect the mother's health.
45% : "The holding in Roe did not allow the individual to trump the state in the third trimester." "It's Casey vs. Planned Parenthood," Koch said, but Daniel asserted that he didn't need to worry about late-term abortions because that wasn't what her resolution was about.
41% : A June poll conducted by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin found that more than 40 percent of those surveyed felt that abortion should be available at any time in the pregnancy if the pregnant person's health was seriously endangered.
34% : Dallas County's resolution differs because it doesn't inform any prioritization regarding investigations, instead focusing on the public health implications of banning abortion in every instance, including rape and incest.

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