Supporters say the new law aims to stop men from poisoning pregnant partners in order to induce abortion without consent.
Any time they make up this kind of excuse for passing onerous and unnecessary legislation - whether it’s abortion medication or drag shows or bathroom bills - we have to ask two questions:
How common is the behavior that this is intended to address?
How much do you expect this to go down as a result of the legislation, and how long should it take?
If they can’t answer that, they should face having their legislation blocked as failing to establish an evidence-based argument.