The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade AND Planned Parenthood v. Casey, two foundational rulings that affirmed our Constitutional right to abortion and privacy.
With this horrific ruling, the Court’s majority have invalidated the human rights, bodily autonomy, and dignity of every person in this country who is or could become pregnant.
The direct human harms and needless personal tragedies that follow directly from abortion bans will concentrate very heavily among low-income people and people of color.
Abortion bans and severe restrictions on access to abortion will go into effect in many states, criminalizing the seeking and provision of health care.
Abortion bans will force pregnant people to seek abortions in unsafe conditions. Some will be injured or even die as a result.
Abortion bans will force some people to proceed with unwanted pregnancies — with dramatic, life-altering impacts.
And to top it all off, Justice Clarence Thomas admits in his concurring opinion — the Court’s majority has opened the door to reversing major precedents safeguarding marriage equality, sexuality, and contraception.
SO NOW WHAT?!
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