On the 48th Anniversary of ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Abortion Access Still Isn’t a Guarantee

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'With anti-choice justices who will long outlive their appointer, it's time to look beyond the specifics of Roe v. Wade, and at attaining reproductive justice.' —laurenarankin

to socially distance from patients or wear masks. Allowing patients to access medication abortion through the mail removed a constant barrier to their care and a threat to their health: having to cross a picket line of hateful abortion opponents.In the recent SCOTUS decision, writing for the 6-3 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts attempted to sidestep overtly ruling on the undue burden statute.

That’s what the U.S. is grappling with as another president takes office. Yes, the Biden administration will likely be much more favorable to abortion rights than the Trump administration. But protectingis about so much more than appointing the right judges — it’s about reviewing every area of federal policy with a fine-tooth comb to find seemingly small yet insidiously harmful policies like the one that the Supreme Court just upheld, and promptly ending them.

The Trump administration may be out of power, but its legacy of harm towards reproductive rights will live on in policies like the FDA’s medication abortion requirement, in the forced of undocumented refugees at an ICE detention facility, and in the three anti-abortion justices who will long outlive their appointer. The administration paved the way for the end of’s anniversary with rhetoric of supporting choice, let’s use it as an opportunity to advocate for holistic reproductive justice at every level.

 

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