Corbett has been a top target of abortion rights groups since his strong support last year for a bill requiring those seeking abortions to have ultrasounds.
"Targeted-regulation-of-abortion-provider laws like H.B. 2 that do little or nothing for health, but rather strew impediments to abortion … cannot survive judicial inspection," she said.
This is the latest in a series of laws being passed in dozens of states that aim to restrict abortions, known as "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers" or TRAP.
Mia McLeod, a South Carolina state representative has proposed a bill that would make getting Viagra, Cialis and other similar drugs much harder after the introduction of the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers laws, which reduce women's access to abortions.
For the longest time, it seemed as though there was nothing to be done about this quiet, backroom attack on women's health, that "Trap" laws like these – targeted regulation of abortion providers – were an unavoidable and unfortunate reality of the current political climate.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has condemned these measures, commonly known as Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP laws, for needlessly singling out abortion providers. .
(TRAP laws, or Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, refer to legislation created with the specific intent to make abortion more difficult to access).
The Supreme Court effectively slapped down these so-called TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) in Monday's ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. .
Anticipating a barrage of anti-abortion, or TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider) laws this legislative session, Tulane students are mobilizing with other pro-choice organizations to keep abortion and women's healthcare resources available to Louisiana women.
Shumaker believes the near-total bans signal a strategic shift on the part of anti-abortion lawmakers, who have for years chipped away at abortion access through targeted regulation of abortion providers or "TRAP" laws.
