The Abortion Fight Will Heat Up in 2020

The abortion debate was big in 2019 and will become even larger in 2020.  In 2019, eleven state legislatures approved measures to limit abortion, including many who signed "heartbeat" laws, which prohibit abortion after a heartbeat is detected.  While this was happening in more conservative states, liberal-leaning states were moving the other way. New York passed a law to decriminalize abortion.  Vermont passed legislation making abortion a fundamental right.  Massachusetts, Illinois, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maine, Nevada, and Hawaii are all in different stages of working on bills that would protect abortion. Many of the restrictive laws have been challenged, and the courts have blocked them thus far. The politics of abortion is heating up.  The clash between the pro-life worldview and the pro-abortion one is going to be a factor in the 2020 election.  The battlefield is taking shape. First, there's a...(Read Full Article)
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