What's behind the absurd gamble on women's rights and health | By Carliss Chatman for CNNOpinion
Carliss Chatman is an assistant professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law and writes about corporate personhood, corporate governance, and ethics. Follow her on Twitter @carlissc.
Last week, Georgia joined the ranks of states in a sudden rush to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks after conception -- before a woman may even know that she is pregnant. Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio passed similar laws this year. Alabama is taking its fight against choice even further, with a bill that not only bans abortions but makes it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion.
Carliss ChatmanWhy the rush to pass legislation that will face an inevitable challenge from civil liberties, civil rights, and womens' rights organizations? Because anti-choice legislators believe they will face a friendly bench in the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court, first in Roe v. Wade in 1973, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, and yet again in Whole Woman's Health v.
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