Because D.C. doesn't have control over its own laws — Congress does — officials say they're worried that a GOP takeover of Congress in the midterm elections could mean new restrictions on abortion in the capital.
authored by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. suggesting the high court was poised to gut the 49-year-old Supreme Court precedent.
Because D.C. is not a state, Congress has oversight of the city’s laws — creating what Norton described as “special peril” for abortion rights in the District. “In D.C. we know the stakes are even higher,” Bowser said. “Even if the courts allow states to decide abortion policy, we know that doesn’t apply here.”world and Republican-controlled Congress after this November’s midterm elections, Norton and other local officials said they were concerned that Republicans in Congress could launch a bid to ban or restrict abortion in the nation’s capital.She and Bowser issued impassioned renewed calls for D.C.
“This decision, if this is the decision, poses a unique risk to the District of Columbia,” Norton said. “It poses a risk to women across the country. But when it comes to the District we are at special peril. The Republican Congress is likely to use this decision to try to ban abortion in D.C. Other states will be left to decide for themselves. Until the District gets statehood, we cannot make that decision for ourselves.
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