The US is facing some of its most divisive case in history. Now, abortion is currently being weighed in by the US Supreme Court and people from different parties are aching to hear its decision.
In 2013, the state of Texas passed a bill that any doctor or physician performing an abortion should have an admitting privileges at a hospital. The bill also stated that it should be within 30 miles of where the abortion was operated and that abortion clinic meets the standards set by the government for ambulatory surgical facilities.
Chicago Tonight reported that Texas abortion law case was the first major abortion case heard by the US Supreme Court since 2007. In 1992, the decision of Casey against Planned Parenthood may not place undue burdens on the constitutional right to have an abortion. Moreover, back in 1973, it was reported that Wade versus Roe established the constitutional right to an abortion.
US Supreme Court clerk, David Franklin said ""The court is taking fewer cases, it seems, every year," he said. "But the density level is increasing because there are more hot-button issues in that smaller docket. So yeah, every year seems like a banner year."
The proponents of the legislation stated that they wanted to prioritize the safety of women who is about to have an abortion. Meanwhile, abortion right advocates say that the bill is medically unnecessary and present an undue burden on women's right.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Cupich encouraged anti-activists to call for reforms on the federal stage. During the March for Life Chicago in Federal Plaza, the Archbishop cried 'the womb should not be their tomb'. The archbishop also urged the US Supreme Court to decide justly and logically for the posterity of the country, as reported by Chicago Tribune.
According to US News, for the past two decades, American citizens have become more accepting of many social issues. The surveys suggest that back in 1996, 27 percent of Americans thought that same-sex marriage should be legalized, and only 25 percent thought that marijuana should be legal. Latest polls suggest that both issues had now increased to about 60 percent.
In 1996, 33 percent of Americans professed that they were pro-life. In 2015, it appears that the support for legal abortion has risen as surveys suggest that there was 44 percent of Americans said that they were pro-life. The US Supreme Court admits that abortion was, is, and will remain a very divisive and controversial issue.
There were about 41 abortion clinics in the state before the Texas law was passed. Now there are currently 17 clinics, and if the law is upheld by the US Supreme Court, the number could fall to 10.
