The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.
- With this horrific ruling, the Court’s majority has taken away women’s autonomy over their bodies.
- They have invalidated the human rights, bodily autonomy, and dignity of every person in this country who is or could become pregnant.
- 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.
- 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.
- And — as 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.
There are rallies happening all across the country today and in the days ahead.
Find a rally near you and attend if you can.
And stay tuned for next steps in the fight to correct this Supreme Court mistake through federal legislation.
For progress,
- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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