the westminster news
Published by the students of Westminster School
By Grace Yuan '23
(U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.—Image Credit: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) Abortion has been legal in most American states and regions since 1973 when, in Roe v. Wade case, the U.S. Supreme Court granted women the right to an abortion. However, despite this federal blanketing abortion law there still exists antagonistic issues about abortion laws. The divisive and contentious issues spawn the American cultures, society, religions and political divide. Texas recently passed and implemented a heartbeat abortion law, Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which almost bans abortion in the state. The abortion law has brought about heated debate and legal proceedings in the Supreme Court on its constitutionality and structure by the federal government and abortion providers. |