Abortion is a Voter Suppression Issue

miabrett
3 min readMay 24, 2019

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In the past few weeks new abortion bans have been passed in Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, with Louisiana poised to pass one soon. These laws not only outlaw abortion before most people know they’re pregnant, but also go further in criminalizing abortion than any current law on the books. Based on the language in these laws it’s possible for a woman (or nonbinary person or trans man) to be charged with murder, not only for…

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miabrett

PhD in American legal history, freelance writer, political activist, follow me on twitter @QueenMab87