The number of abortions in the state in September dropped by about 50% compared with September 2020, according to the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, a group of university-based researchers. Planned Parenthood clinics in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico saw a 132% increase in patients from Texas after SB8 took effect in September, compared with the month before. Planned Parenthood administration building, shown on Oct. But for some people of faith, it has inspired a newfound interest in, and activism around, reproductive rights – both in Texas and beyond. Greg Abbott when he signed the law in May. “Our creator endowed us with the right to life,” said Republican Gov. The law includes no exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.įaith featured prominently as state lawmakers advanced the law this spring.
Instead, private citizens, anywhere in the United States, have been deputized to bring suits against anyone, anywhere in the state, who “aids or abets” someone in getting an abortion. SB8 bans any abortion after six weeks, before women often know they’re pregnant, but state officials are also banned from enforcing the law. The specifics of the law are well documented. And “it not only judges delicate, complicated situations with an iron fist it prejudges them.” “It absolutely shreds the fabric of trust in our society,” she adds. “With SB8 I had to stand up and say no,” says Ms. “A law that turns family members against family members, or neighbors against neighbors. “Faith is about how we love each other and help each other,” says Joan Lamunyon Sanford, executive director of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, who has been helping Texas women obtain legal abortions in her state.
“It absolutely shreds the fabric of trust in our society.” And “it not only judges delicate, complicated situations with an iron fist it prejudges them.”įaith featured prominently as state lawmakers advanced the law. One effect of Texas’ strict new abortion law, SB8, has been to spur people to wrestle more deeply with the topic – and to clarify their feelings around it. Abortion is a complicated issue in many faith communities.
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