It’s difficult to overstate how enraging this news feels. We’re staring down an abortion landscape where the clock will be set back half a century
Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Many of us knew it was coming, but it was still terrifying to read the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion confirming that the right to an abortion as we’ve known it for the past 50 years is set to end later this summer. More than half of states across the U.S. are expected to outlaw or severely restrict the procedure if the draft opinion holds; a dozen of them already have laws on the books that would ban abortion immediately after Roe v. Wade falls.
For those who’ve been paying attention, the writing has been on the wall since Roe was decided in 1973. Over the past five decades, conservatives have introduced an onslaught of abortion restrictions — the Hyde Amendment, 20-week bans, waiting periods, ultrasound requirements, and TRAP laws — making the procedure harder to access. These measures have largely impacted poor people and people of color in conservative states. The leaked Dobbs v.
Tell people abortion is still legal The leaked draft is not the law of the land. Only if the Court issues a decision overturning Roe, likely in June, will individual states be able to decide how to regulate and restrict abortion. Connect with organizers in your area You should ask yourself what kind of abortion-advocacy infrastructure exists in your area. “The natural inclination for folks when other abortion bans have been introduced has been, Let’s start our network. Let’s start an organization to help get people where they need to go,” says Oriaku Njoku, the co-founder and executive director of Access Reproductive Care–Southeast, an Atlanta-based abortion fund.
Discuss abortion as much as you can “Talk with your family, talk to your friends, talk to your co-workers about how abortion is normal,” says Ghosh. “There is so much stigma and shame surrounding the abortion conversation right now, and one of the most powerful things we can do is break down that stigma and shame for everyone.”
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