{"id":1036800,"date":"2024-07-02T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036800"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:34:10","slug":"thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the same week of the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump\u2019s Supreme Court justices overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld<\/a> a MAGA-led abortion ban \u2013 one that bans abortion before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant. This devastating decision came just mere hours after Trump doubled down on his anti-choice, anti-freedom agenda on the debate stage and called the overturning of Roe<\/em> a \u2018great thing.\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the fall of Roe<\/em>, health care systems in states that have protected abortion access like Illinois<\/a> and Minnesota<\/a> have come under strain as women living in states with draconian bans are forced to escape their home states to get the critical care they need. However, even in states that have enshrined reproductive rights into law, reproductive health care is now in jeopardy. One thing is for certain: if Trump receives a second term in office, he will ban abortion nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See commentary from Minnesota and Illinois below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MinnPost<\/strong><\/a>: Opinion: Minnesota has become an island for abortion access in the Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Lindsey Port, 07\/02\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast month marked two years since \u2014 thanks to Donald Trump \u2014 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and erased nearly five decades of precedent that gave women across the country the right to abortion care and kept the politics of MAGA Republicans out of the doctor\u2019s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince then, we\u2019ve been witness to the power grabs of extreme Republicans as they continue to implement draconian bans and endanger women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesota has become an island for abortion access for women who have fallen victim to the bans made possible by Trump and his MAGA Republican allies \u2014 including the over three million women in the Midwest who now live under a ban. Hundreds of women travel every week to our state to access the care they need; in fact, the need for abortion care in Minnesota has risen almost 36% since the fall of Roe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesota has had to expand our clinics to ensure that we can see every single patient who has been forced to travel to receive the care they need. However, even as we face the pressure and consequences of Trump and Republicans\u2019 cruelty, I\u2019m proud that our state remains a beacon of light for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur role as a refuge for abortion seekers can\u2019t be overstated. Now that the Iowa Supreme Court has decided to enforce MAGA Republicans\u2019 draconian ban \u2014 one that bans abortion before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant \u2014 that role will become even more essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s war on women\u2019s freedoms didn\u2019t stop with Roe\u2019s overturn. Republicans in states like Alabama, Texas and, yes, Iowa have put IVF in jeopardy. Louisiana legislators just criminalized the possession of safe and effective abortion medication, and Trump recently left the door open to banning it nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesota is a staunch, pro-choice state. I was proud to join my DFL colleagues in the Legislature and Gov. Tim Walz in aligning with the beliefs of two-thirds of Minnesota voters by further enshrining abortion rights into state law and safeguarding women\u2019s freedom to travel for abortion care. We believe in protecting the autonomy of every single woman in our state \u2014 and of all those who have had to shoulder the burden that Trump and Republicans have created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMeanwhile, Trump continues to tout his anti-freedom agenda to ban abortion nationwide. The horror-inducing bans we\u2019re seeing states enact across the country and across the Midwest \u2014 including the same bans that have required women to carry nonviable pregnancies and forced young girls to give birth \u2014 have made our state a health care island. His crusade against reproductive freedom is why we\u2019re committed to reelecting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Harris are the only people at the top of the ticket who will defend women\u2019s freedoms. <\/strong>They\u2019re fighting to ensure access to emergency medical care, protect women from Republicans\u2019 efforts to restrict contraception and safeguard women\u2019s ability to travel for care. Minnesota will continue to be a shelter for women who need access to abortion care, including women in Iowa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, our fight can only continue if we send President Biden and Vice President Harris back to the White House. If Trump receives a second term as president, he will enact a national ban and overturn all of the work our DFL leaders have done to make Minnesota a safe haven for abortion access \u2014 not just for Minnesotan women, but for all of the women who need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesotans don\u2019t take attacks on our freedoms lightly. We have already rejected Trump and his anti-freedom agenda twice \u2014 and we\u2019ll do it again this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/strong><\/a>: Opinion: How Illinois became ground zero in the battle to preserve abortion access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Lisa Hernandez, 06\/25\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo years ago, the Supreme Court \u2014 stacked with anti-choice justices by Donald Trump \u2014 overturned Roe v. Wade. Nearly half a century of precedent that recognized the right of women across the country to access abortion care and that kept politics out of the doctor\u2019s office was discarded. Since then, extreme Republicans continue to put women\u2019s lives in danger, with Black, Latina and lower-income women\u2014groups who already suffer from maternal health disparities\u2014disproportionately impacted by these archaic bans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter Roe, Illinois has become a beacon of abortion access. Over 3 million women in the Midwest now live under an abortion ban, and hundreds of women travel every single week to our state to receive the care they need. In fact, providers have stated that out-of-state abortions have quadrupled since the fall of Roe. Our role as a refuge for abortion seekers cannot be overstated. As the Iowa Supreme Court is set to hand down its decision this month on whether or not to make Iowan women suffer under an archaic ban \u2014 one that would ban abortion before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant \u2014 services in our great state could become even more crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach and every abortion ban that goes into effect is a result of Trump\u2019s radical, anti-choice agenda. He has continuously boasted about his role in orchestrating the fall of Roe, even going so far as to say he was \u2018very honored\u2019 to have ended it, and stating the bans that are putting women\u2019s lives at risk are \u2018working very brilliantly.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIllinois Republicans would undoubtedly fall in line with Trump to help implement his strategy to ban abortion nationwide. At the party\u2019s recent state convention, members adopted a platform that called for the \u2018restoration of the culture of life in Illinois\u2019 and condemned Illinois for becoming \u2018the most radically pro-abortion state in the union.\u2019 Unfortunately for our state\u2019s GOP, we\u2019re proud to be a sanctuary for women who have nowhere else to turn for the care they need and deserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Trump is able to enact a national abortion ban, all of the work that we\u2019ve done at the state level to protect abortion rights will be diminished. Illinois women will be living in a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, the same week of the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump\u2019s Supreme Court justices overturning Roe v. Wade, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a MAGA-led abortion ban \u2013 one that bans abortion before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant. This devastating decision came just mere hours after Trump doubled down on his anti-choice, anti-freedom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-02T21:34:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-02T21:34:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/\",\"name\":\"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-02T21:34:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-02T21:34:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\",\"name\":\"Claire DePree\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claire DePree\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2024-07-02T21:34:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-02T21:34:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Claire DePree","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claire DePree","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/","name":"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024","datePublished":"2024-07-02T21:34:09+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-02T21:34:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png","width":1500,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/thanks-to-trump-abortion-access-is-dwindling-across-the-midwest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thanks to Trump, Abortion Access is Dwindling Across the Midwest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564","name":"Claire DePree","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claire DePree"},"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036801,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036800\/revisions\/1036801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}