ruled on Tuesday that the state’s 1864 law banning all abortions, except to save the life of the mother, is now, enforceably, the law of the land. It is now a felony for a doctor—or anyone else—to assist a woman getting anRepublicans had in mind when, in 2022, the GOP-majority legislature passed a bill restricting nearly all abortions to within 15 weeks. However, included in that bill is a provision that essentially rescinded the 15-week law if the U.S.
With a one-seat Republican majority in both the House and Senate, the legislature recently passed a bill that will allow teachers in public and charter K-12 schools to post and read the that requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional.
The GOP’s one-seat majority requires every Republican in both houses to approve these extreme bills, and the pressure on each Republican legislator to “stay on the team” is immense. Legislators who strayed in the past have faced primary opponents from the right, and they often lose to these insurgents.