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Reproductive Rights

If SCOTUS Restricts Abortion Access, Marginalized People Will Be Hurt Most
Low-income, Black, Brown and Indigenous communities, and people who are trans and nonbinary will be most impacted.

People Will Have to Travel 250 Miles on Average for Abortions If “Roe” Is Axed
Such a long travel distance would prevent many people from being able to access an abortion entirely.

Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Indicate They’ll Upend Roe v. Wade
It’s likely that the High Court won't render an official decision on abortion rights until next summer.

Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic Is at the Center of Case That Could End “Roe”
If the Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s 15-week ban, the decision would almost certainly weaken “Roe v. Wade.”

Democrats in Statehouses Aim to Secure Abortion Rights as “Roe” Faces Threats
Democratic lawmakers in Michigan introduced legislation this week that would repeal a law that criminalizes abortion.

SCOTUS Likely to Allow Challenge to Texas Law, But May Still Overturn “Roe”
Texas’s near-total abortion ban could be a model for targeting other constitutional rights.

2 Conservative Justices Hint at Letting Challenge to TX Abortion Law Go Forward
The law “is clearly unconstitutional under longstanding Supreme Court precedent,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

26 States Are Primed to Effectively Ban Abortion If “Roe v. Wade” Is Overturned
If abortion protections are undone by the Supreme Court, a person from Texas may have to travel 525 miles for services.

DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Place Stay on Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
“It’s an incredible long shot” that the Supreme Court would agree to an injunction on the law, one legal scholar said.

Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion Ban Days After Federal Court Blocked It
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a near-total ban on abortion in Texas on Friday night.