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40 million women in about 20 states just lost all legal access to abortions.

Additional states will follow soon, but there is no "meanwhile" for a lot of the country. It's already done.

I don't think all 40 million women have lost "all" legal access. Eg Florida and Virginia are banning abortion after 15 weeks - which is actually less restrictive than in most of western Europe.

Eg France bans abortion after 14 weeks; Norway bans it after 12 weeks.

For now. Desantis is already saying he will increase restrictions. Do you have any reason to believe this man, running for President in 2024, won’t race to claim he is the king of protecting fetuses? He’s not going to be able to stand on a stage next to anyone who claims they will restrict abortion in any and all cases, and he knows that. Pence was out yesterday calling for a blanket nationwide abortion ban. That’s were the GOP as a party will be in 2 years, and Florida will need to be there before then to shore up Desantis’ political position.

Florida will not be a state where abortions happen soon enough.

Yeah, fair point. Time will tell I guess.

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