On Sept. 15, 2021, Texas passed a law making abortions after six weeks illegal. This makes getting an abortion almost impossible, since a woman would not know she is pregnant until four weeks have passed and she misses her period. After that, the woman has roughly two weeks to decide if she wants to get an abortion, making it very hard to get it. For many women it is very challenging to find out they are pregnant in six weeks and if they do not find out, they will be forced to have the child. 

The goals for the new abortion laws getting passed are to undermine or completely restrict abortions. This is wrong because there are many circumstances where a woman should be given the right to get an abortion. These cases might be of rape, incest, or being financially unable to take care of the child. 

If one of these women that are dealing with one of those circumstances are forced to have the child due to Texas’ new abortion laws, they will not be able to take care of the child to the best of their ability because of what they are dealing with.

Texas may have been one of the first states to pass this law but it will not be the last. On Sept. 22, 2021, a Florida Republican lawmaker filed a bill banning abortions from six to eight weeks. Texas and Florida passing these laws have been apart of plans Republicans have had for a long time: to completely ban abortions. 

Not only do the new laws almost completely ban abortions, but they also allow abortion opponents to sue doctors and their employees for 10,000 dollars for terminating a pregnancy. This aspect of the law is wrong because there are many doctors and nurses that are still going to give women an abortion under certain circumstances. 

For these doctors that are trying to do good things for pregnant women to give them a better life is amazing, suing the doctors giving abortions is completely wrong. These doctors are giving these women the opportunity of not having a child. On top of that, it is a woman’s right to get an abortion, in some circumstances a woman is not going to want the child and if that is her decision then she should have the right to get an abortion.

If the federal courts allow this law to stay, it’s very likely that other conservative states will follow to pass similar laws to Texas. This means that other states are going to continue to pass similar laws and slowly ban abortions nationwide. Laws like this are horrible laws to pass which is why pro choice advocates are protesting and fighting for their right to an abortion. 

America is the home of the free and land of the brave, and stripping women of their rights to receive an abortion is wrong and should be stopped. Pro-choice activists, and doctors all over the country are fighting against Texas’ new laws and the coming states that are going to follow Texas and pass similar laws to ensure that women have the right to an abortion.