On December 18, 2019, a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling added to the uncertainty around the future of the Affordable Care Act, threatening the benefits and protections that the law affords more than 20 million people.
If 18 states and the Trump administration achieve through the courts the same ACA repeal that various 2017 bills attempted, women in particular could be affected. Even more, an adverse ruling in Texas v. United States could go even further than the other disastrous repeal bills—this time, every provision of the ACA is on the line.