Ted Cruz Lobbied SCOTUS to Let States Ban Lifesaving Abortions
AUSTIN, Texas – As Ted Cruz hides from his record of opposing reproductive freedom everywhere he goes, remember that he lobbied the Supreme Court to let states ban lifesaving emergency abortion care.
Rolling Stone: Ted Cruz Argued States Should Be Allowed to Ban Emergency Abortions
By Nikki McCann Ramirez
Texas has some of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country. As it stands, the law includes no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, and earlier this month the Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue implementing an effective ban on emergency abortions, even in hospitals.
As it turns out, [Ted] Cruz quietly threw his support behind a right-wing bid to the Supreme Court that would have effectively stripped doctors of their right to perform emergency abortions in hospitals nationwide.
Cruz was one of 26 U.S. senators who signed onto an amicus curiae supporting Idaho’s Republican attorney general, Raúl Labrador, in his bid to overrule a Biden administration directive requiring emergency rooms to provide necessary abortion care to patients.
The race between Allred and Cruz is too close for the incumbent senator’s comfort, with some polls granting Cruz only a single digit lead over his challenger… Texas lawmakers have taken it upon themselves to become leaders in the GOP’s project to strip women across the nation of their reproductive rights, and as women in the state push for the restoration of their bodily autonomy, Cruz has no answer for his own record. He just wants everyone to stop asking about it.
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