On Saturday, with most of the nation advised to stay at home, an ambulance was called to an abortion business in Granite City, Illinois, to transport a woman to the hospital following unknown complications. Business was booming that day, according to Operation Rescue, with cars from six states filling the parking lot and women “packed like sardines” in the waiting room. As the ambulance pulled away, the killing continued inside.

We live in a nation where many state governments consider abortion essential during a viral pandemic, so I was not shocked to learn on Monday that three federal judges ruled abortion bans in three states posed an “undue burden” to women and blocked the bans.