Puerto Rico launches hearings on bill to restrict abortions

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Puerto Rico launches hearings on bill to restrict abortions

By DÁNICA COTO
April 26, 2022

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico on Tuesday held its first public hearing on a bill that aims to restrict abortions in the U.S. territory as powerful political leaders who support the measure seek to join a similar conservative push in the U.S. mainland.

If approved, the bill would ban abortions starting at 22 weeks or when a doctor determines that a fetus is viable. The only exception would be if a woman’s life is in danger. Most U.S. states already have similar laws, unlike Puerto Rico, where abortions with no term limit are currently allowed.

The hearing comes amid belief that a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court could reverse or weaken a constitutional right to abortion stemming from the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Currently 44 U.S. states have imposed a threshold on abortions, many at 20 to 24 weeks or at fetal viability.

Those who testified at Tuesday’s hearing included women who gave birth to premature babies several years ago and brought them to the hearing in a bid to demonstrate they were saved.

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[niyad]

1. and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Being the cynical and suspcious

little soul that I am, I would want proof that, a: said infants were premature, and, b: that those were the actual mothers.