Mayor Bill de Blasio called Texas’ new ban on most abortions “a direct assault on the rights of women” throughout America, and condemned the Supreme Court on Wednesday for failing to stop the state law in its tracks.
Though it is state legislation affecting women in Texas, de Blasio cautioned that the court’s failure to hear appeals against the abortion ban early Wednesday morning sets a troubling tone for the future of reproductive rights in America — potentially paving the way for the overturning of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion.
