'Politicians should not get to interrogate people's reasons for seeking an abortion,' said Emily Nestler, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by abortion-rights advocates challenges a new Arizona law that would ban abortion because of Down syndrome or other genetic abnormalities.
"You have a constitutional right to an abortion, and that right does not take into account your reason for having an abortion," said Emily Nestler, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights."Politicians should not get to interrogate people's reasons for seeking an abortion."Jodi Liggett, VP of Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood poses at Planned Parenthood Central Phoenix Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona on February 2, 2017.
The lawsuit says the law will have a chilling effect on the communications between doctors and patients, preventing physicians from counseling women about a difficult decision. And it says the threat of criminal penalties will discourage abortions for any reason if the doctor has cause to suspect the fetus could have a genetic abnormality.
"As a society, within our laws we do not discriminate on born individuals due to genetic conditions, neither should we discriminate against unborn children solely because of genetic conditions," Herrod said. Arizona already bans abortions based on race and sex, so it's not unprecedented to ban abortions based on the genetic abnormality reason, she added.
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