Warren unveils abortion rights platform following new laws
Posted May 17, 2019 5:12 am.
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren is calling for a series of targeted measures designed to safeguard abortion rights following a flurry of new state laws that dramatically restrict women’s ability to terminate pregnancies.
Democrats have decried the new laws as a planned effort to chip away at the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Warren’s abortion rights platform was released Friday by her Democratic presidential campaign. It centres on the establishment of “affirmative, statutory rights” that would “block states from interfering in the ability of a health care provider to provide medical care, including abortion services,” and set similar restrictions on states’ power to block patients from getting medical care, including abortions.
Her proposals come as Missouri joins Alabama, Georgia and other states in advancing laws that limit abortion access.
Elana Schor, The Associated Press
