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50 YEARS AFTER ROE, THE RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT HAS DENIED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ABORTION ACCESS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 19, 2022) — This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — but after the Court’s brutal decision last summer overturning the constitutional right to abortion, there’s little to celebrate.
“The Court’s right-wing justices knew exactly how much pain and suffering they would inflict by ending the constitutional right to abortion, and they did it anyway. Six months later, we’re still seeing the devastation play out in new but utterly predictable ways,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court. “Stigma- and barrier-free access to abortion for all people is the future we need — but we won’t get there until we stop the right-wing Supreme Court supermajority’s quest to strip our rights away and send us back into the dark ages. To protect our reproductive freedom for good, we have to expand the Court.”
Three months after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. decision, Take Back the Court released a side-by-side analysis demonstrating the litany of warnings experts presented the justices in amicus briefs in Dobbs. These briefs showed just how devastating the consequences of overturning Roe would be for pregnant people, families, and abortion providers — but the Court did it anyway.
Now, another few months later, we’ve seen predictions from experts’ amicus briefs continue to come true.
MILLIONS HAVE LOST ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE — AND PREGNANCY CARE HAS BEEN THREATENED IN MANY STATES
NBC News: At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since Dobbs, analysis finds
Houston Chronicle: Abortion laws force Houston OB-GYN residents to learn outside Texas. Here’s what that means.
FiveThirtyEight: Overturning Roe Has Meant At Least 10,000 Fewer Legal Abortions
NPR: Bleeding and in pain, she couldn't get 2 Louisiana ERs to answer: Is it a miscarriage?
RIGHT-WING LAWMAKERS HAVE LAUNCHED NEW ATTACKS ON THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS
The Guardian: Republican-controlled House pushes for new abortion restrictions
Jezebel: House Republicans Kick Off First Week Of Congress With 2 Abortion Votes
Axios: House passes first anti-abortion bill post-Roe decision
Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio AG asks Supreme Court to reinstate ban on most abortions
Washington Post: Virginia Democrats vow to defeat Youngkin’s 15-week abortion ban proposal
STATES ARE WORKING TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE OBTAINING AND PROVIDING ABORTION CARE
Washington Post: Conservatives complain abortion bans not enforced, want jail time for pill ‘trafficking’
New York Times: Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines
The American Prospect: The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
Washington Post: Talk of prosecuting women for abortion pills roils antiabortion movement
Advance Local (Alabama): Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general
VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE — INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE DESERTS, AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — HAVE CONTINUED TO FACE THE HIGHEST BARRIERS TO ABORTION ACCESS AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
ProPublica: She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.
NBC News: Abortion bans affect Latinas the most among women of color, new report finds
Bloomberg Law: Parental-Notice Birth Control Case Seen as Step to End Right
Common Dreams: Abortion Bans Are Part of GOP Plan to Disempower Working Class: Analysis
The fight to protect access to abortion, birth control, and other critical health care is far from over — and we’re keeping a close eye on the battles that are continuing to play out in the courts. For more details on some key pending cases, check out Take Back the Court’s recent memo.