Democratic lobby group Progress Action Fund has debuted a horrifying political ad showing a rape victim in a hospital bed as her dad confronts a Republican congressman.
Abortion entered the mainstream political debate in the US after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that overturned the constitutional right to abortion as well as the federal standards of abortion access which had been established by prior decisions.
Prior to the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, the federal standard was that abortions were permitted up to fetal viability.
That federal standard has been eliminated, allowing states to set policies regarding the legality of abortions and establish limits.
Access to and availability of abortions varies widely between states, with some states banning almost all abortions and some states protecting abortion access.
This video shows the terrifying impact of that decision:
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