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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

RIGHT-WING LAWMAKERS HAVE LAUNCHED NEW ATTACKS ON THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS

STATES ARE WORKING TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE OBTAINING AND PROVIDING ABORTION CARE

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

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.