John Legend on Abortion Rights: 'Government Shouldn't Be Involved'
John Legend on Abortion Rights: 'Government Shouldn't Be Involved'
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John Legend spoke born on the ab ortion rights - saying that the government should not be involved in this "personal" matter. "for people who suffer a miscarriage like hers to risk an abortion investigation. 20 weeks.
Her comments come as millions of women in the United States are at risk of losing their constitutional right to abortion.
On Friday, the Indiana Senate voted on paving the way to become the first US state to tighten abortion laws since Roe v Wade - the decision that underpinned the constitutional right to abortion - was overturned in June.
The bill - which must be signed into law by the state governor - would mean a near total ban on abortions, with exemptions for cases of rape and incest, although limited at 10 weeks, to prevent serious physical risk to the mother or fatal fetal anomalies.
The Biden administration called the decision in Indiana "devastating." In a statement on Saturday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "This is another sweeping step by Republican lawmakers to suppress women's reproductive rights and freedoms and entrust decisions personal health care to politicians rather than women and their doctors."
Other states should also tighten their own restrictions on the abortion, while others have already adopted pre-existing restrictions, raising concerns about what this could mean for women who have suffered a miscarriage and may need medical intervention.
Already stories have emerged of states with strict abortion controls, with a doctor telling the BBC she has seen emergency services turn women away .
John Legend spoke born on the ab ortion rights - saying that the government should not be involved in this "personal" matter. "for people who suffer a miscarriage like hers to risk an abortion investigation. 20 weeks.
Her comments come as millions of women in the United States are at risk of losing their constitutional right to abortion.
On Friday, the Indiana Senate voted on paving the way to become the first US state to tighten abortion laws since Roe v Wade - the decision that underpinned the constitutional right to abortion - was overturned in June.
The bill - which must be signed into law by the state governor - would mean a near total ban on abortions, with exemptions for cases of rape and incest, although limited at 10 weeks, to prevent serious physical risk to the mother or fatal fetal anomalies.
The Biden administration called the decision in Indiana "devastating." In a statement on Saturday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "This is another sweeping step by Republican lawmakers to suppress women's reproductive rights and freedoms and entrust decisions personal health care to politicians rather than women and their doctors."
Other states should also tighten their own restrictions on the abortion, while others have already adopted pre-existing restrictions, raising concerns about what this could mean for women who have suffered a miscarriage and may need medical intervention.
Already stories have emerged of states with strict abortion controls, with a doctor telling the BBC she has seen emergency services turn women away .
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