But we’re seeing courtesy of the Roberts Court
Months ago and for decades prior, this was not a story that would make news. Because until Dobbs, it was not an issue for the state to intercede:
Louisiana Woman Is Forced Carry Headless Fetus to Term or Travel to Florida for Legal Abortion
Jezebel’s headline puts the woman’s plight in blunt terms:
“It’s hard knowing that I’m carrying it to bury it,” Nancy Davis, who’s 13 weeks pregnant and is already the mother of one child, told local news station WAFB9 on Monday. A few weeks ago, she had her first ultrasound and was told the fetus wouldn’t survive—but that she would have to either carry and birth the nonviable fetus or travel to Florida, the closest state where abortion is still legal. Davis is running out of time to make her decision, however, because Florida bans the health service at 15 weeks.
Before this summer, we’d have lumped together forced birth of a headless child with bloodletting, trepanation, or animal dung ointments.
WAFB:
“Florida is the closest…so ideally Florida. But then the next closest place would be North Carolina or something,” Davis added.
Without taking a position on abortion, Davis says she thinks state lawmakers need to consider broadening the list of conditions that qualify for an abortion in the state.
“I just want them to consider special circumstances as it relates to abortion…medical problems, like this is one that needs to be in that,” said Davis.
Nope. Eating corpses is making a comeback. Elect more Republicans this fall and you’ll see even more.
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