UNBORN CHILD SUPPORT ACT: Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow women to collect child support while pregnant. It comes less than a month since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
the bill would allow an expectant mother to even retroactively collect on child support up to the point of conception as long as it can be proven by a physician. decision encourages us to look more seriously at supporting mothers and their unborn children," said Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss. and cosponsor of the bill. "This legislation would help ensure women have opportunities to receive child support payments from the earlier days of their pregnancy.
Senators Steve Daines, R-Mont., Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Rick Scott R-Fla., Roger Marshall, M.D., R-Kan., and James Lankford, R-Okla., also cosponsored the bill. And in a few states, including Wisconsin and New York, there are provisions that can result in fathers being financially responsible for pre-birth expenses. , which protected a woman’s Constitutional right to legal abortion. President Joe Biden gave remarks and signed an executive order aimed at protecting abortion access nationwide on July 8, 2022, two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Some Republican-led states banned or severely limited abortion immediately, while other restrictions will take effect later. , was waiting until after the Supreme Court issued its formal judgment in the case, which is separate from the opinion issued in June and could take about a month. Nevertheless, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a long-dormant 1925 abortion ban is now in effect.
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