State DAs Vow to Not Enforce Anti-Abortion Laws
Even chief prosecutors in Texas recently released a joint statement urging elected prosecutors to resist advancing charges that would "criminalize personal healthcare decisions."
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Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement, reports the Associated Press. In 2020, more than 70 prosecutors from blue districts around the country publicized that they wouldn’t bring charges under increasingly stringent laws that states have passed against abortion. In addition, a growing number of prosecutors elected in Democratic counties also promise they won’t pursue the criminal charges tucked inside the harshest abortion restrictions.
Even chief prosecutors in Texas recently released a joint statement urging elected prosecutors to resist advancing charges that would “criminalize personal healthcare decisions.” Meanwhile, the National Right to Life Committee, which advocates for abortion restrictions, has developed model legislation in the event Roe is overturned that would also authorize state attorneys general to file charges in abortion cases if local prosecutors refuse.
