Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, an abortion rights ally, vetoed a bill today that would have banned abortions after a Down syndrome diagnosis.
After passing the Republican-controlled Legislature, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited abortions over a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania advocates called the proposal an unconstitutional attempt to ban abortion in the state, and said the legislation would be nearly impossible to enforce. "Physicians and their patients must be able to make choices about medical procedures based on best practices and standards of care," Wolf said.
Those who support the bill have defended it as protecting a vulnerable population whose lives are productive. One anti-abortion advocacy group, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, claimed that medical professionals have pressured women to have abortions after a Down syndrome diagnosis.
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