U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) | Facebook
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) | Facebook
After the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will allow a Texas law banning abortions once a heartbeat is detected from the fetus, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that he thinks the decision should have wider implications.
"The Supreme Court just let Texas’s pro-life law go into effect, saving countless innocent lives. Why stop there? The Court should let every state set its own abortion laws by overturning Roe v Wade," Cotton wrote in a Facebook post Sept. 2.
The law, known as Senate Bill 6, bans abortions once an ultrasound can detect a fetal heartbeat. The law directs private citizens, not government officials, to enforce the act through civil lawsuits, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
The law also opens any person who aids and abets an illegal abortion to legal liability, The Washington Free Beacon reported.
"We know that abortion is not just a matter of choice — it’s a matter of justice and injustice, of life and death for millions," Cotton said at an anti-abortion convention in 2021, according to a National Right to Life Committee newsletter.
"The problem starts at the very top — President Biden," Cotton said.
President Joe Biden denounced the Supreme Courts' decision, The Washington Free Beacon reported.
"This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century," Biden said in a White House release. "The Texas law will significantly impair women’s access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes."
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