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Republicans Are Trying to Use Coronavirus to Ban Abortion

Ohio and Texas are using Covid-19 to claim abortions are nonessential medical care

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin, Texas, on February 23, 2016. Photo: Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images

We’ve seen no shortage of villains and fools during the coronavirus pandemic: the young spring breakers who crowded bars and restaurants despite national warnings to stay inside to flatten the…