Supreme Court's Recent Decisions Impact Reproductive Rights and Animal Welfare.
A recent Supreme Court ruling on animal welfare could have implications for the abortion debate, as it dealt with the ability of states to take actions with impacts beyond their borders. Experts suggest that states could use this ruling to restrict or expand abortion access beyond their own borders, such as cracking down on the mailing of abortion pills or restricting the sale of goods from states with contrary views. The ruling could also embolden states to enact policies that have secondary effects in other states, similar to California's law on pork raised in a way that goes against their ethics.