Nancy Hass of Newsweek has a report on the next phase of the abortion battle that neither side wants to embrace. Jennie McCormack used the RU-486 abortion pill to end a pregnancy. She got the pills through the Internet. In Idaho, where she lives, terminating a pregnancy, no matter who does it, is illegal. That law is being challenged.
The anti-abortion (yeah, I know they want to be known as pro-life) side doesn't like the case because they've built their campaign around demonizing abortion providers while holding the woman blameless.
The pro-choice side is wary of the case because McCormack ended a pregnancy that was further along than Roe v. Wade allows. They don't want the case to go to the Supremes while the court is so conservative.
Alas, McCormick, living in a Mormon area of Idaho, has been thoroughly ostracized by her family and community.
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