Behind the Story: How The Post decides which abortion bills to cover
While similar antiabortion bills have been proposed before, this year, there’s a possibility that some of the most restrictive proposals could take effect.
I talked to the lawmaker behind the dangerous MO bill that restricts abortions on ectopic pregnancies. He said his bill has been “spun” and he has no intention of stopping people with ectopic pregnancies from accessing abortion. He plans to add “clarifying language” to the bill.It was tough because this was going viral online.
If I’m going to focus on a state and if I’m going to go there, I try to talk to a good number of Republican legislators and ask them, “Which [bills] do you actually think have momentum? Which ones are actually going to go somewhere?” Florida, for example, was interesting. They had a Texas-style six-week ban that was proposed in September, and then in January there was another 15-week ban that was proposed. I went down to Florida and was interested in which version was going to have momentum.
I talk to groups who are in the abortion space every week, and I say, “What are you watching this week?” I have my tracker, but it’s also really important to ask advocates on both sides. When you’re trying to track things that are happening in all 50 states, it’s very easy to miss something. That’s kind of the scariest part of my job.
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