Codifying the right to an abortion and allowing low-income women to get government-funded abortions face roadblocks in a nearly tied Congress. The issue of abortion remains highly controversial, and state legislatures have enacted laws to restrict and regulate access to the procedure. Abortion has unsettlingly become one of the most polarizing issues among American voters. Other issues, such as federal funding for abortion for women receiving government- subsidized health insurance, or the global gag rule, were still largely the purview of Congress. Several of these laws have been challenged in federal courts, with some laws, such as the denial of state funds for the procedure, being upheld. In fact, in just the first few days of the new Congress, extremists introduced several bills to make it harder, if not impossible, for a woman to get an abortion if she needs one. Some will argue that the parallel … Recently, Rep. Ron Paul has signed Personhood USA’s Presidential Candidate Pledge, which calls on candidates to “support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children.” But he also sent along a statement [PDF link] pledging support for an amendment, but rejecting […] Extreme politicians have promised to work hard to restrict access to essential reproductive health services by advancing unconstitutional and medically unnecessary regulations, such as federal abortion bans. Healthcare individuals are better equipped to evaluate a situation in which the woman wants an abortion. Would government ever do that? Codifying the right to an abortion … Wade were wrongly decided — even if, that is, states could legitimately prohibit abortion — the federal government lacks the legitimate authority to do so. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Neal E. Devins, Shaping Constitutional Values: Elected Government, the Supreme Court and the Abortion Debate' ' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996); David J. Garrow, “Abortion before and after Roe v.Wade: An Historical Perspective,” Albany Law Review 62 (1999): 833–852; Leslie J. Reagan, When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United … Abortion is the most common gynaecological procedure and an essential component of sexual and reproductive care. The fact is, it already does, in reference to life still in the womb. Our nation's policy of abortion, based on Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton, allows abortion for any reason at any time of pregnancy. Having the government come in and make regulations might leave out these medically relevant issues which might require an abortion late in term. According to a 2019 poll taken by the Pew Research Center, 61% of U.S. adults believe abortion must be legal in all or most cases while 38% believe it must be illegal in all or most cases.. Arkansas is one of at least 14 states where outright abortion bans have been proposed this year, an effort by conservative Republicans to force the U.S. Supreme Court to …