“A global pandemic is not an excuse to attack essential, time-sensitive medical procedures like abortion,' said Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president of Planned Parenthood.
“A global pandemic is not an excuse to attack essential, time-sensitive medical procedures like abortion," said Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president of Planned Parenthood.Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has said abortion must be halted to preserve medical supplies for coronavirus patients.
Both states recently deemed abortion a nonessential surgical procedure that must be deferred or canceled in order to preserve medical supplies for the pandemic.Federation of America and the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Ohio are asking district courts to immediately restore abortion access, arguing that it’s an essential, time-sensitive procedure that has been improperly categorized as elective.
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