Via Zoom, a minister prompted Mikayla to look in a mirror to reflect on self-empowerment and recite: “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.” After swallowing the first pill in the two-drug regimen, Mikayla recited a tenet about prioritizing science.
The minister advised that after the pregnancy tissue was eventually expelled, Mikayla could recite: “By my body, my blood.
Arguments for exemptions might also be persuasive because most abortion bans have some exceptions, like rape, experts said.
“These should be very strong, compelling cases, but I also acknowledge that this is a highly political issue,” Ms. Platt said.
“We’re in a completely new landscape,” Ms. Platt said.
Persons:
Mikayla, “, ”, Elizabeth Reiner Platt, ” Ms, Platt, Josh Blackman, Ms, Adria Malcolm
Organizations:
Law, Columbia University, South Texas College of Law Houston
Locations:
Albuquerque