How the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade will alter the lives of women of color

NI'AISHA: I felt like death. And I remember actually praying one time that if I was able to go to sleep, that I wouldn't wake up again.NI'AISHA: So about two years ago, when my daughter was a year old, when my husband and I found out that I was pregnant again. And we were both excited and we wanted to have another child, but I was sick.

CHAKRABARTI: Ni'aisha told us again and again, when they found out she was pregnant, she and her husband wanted the baby. They wanted to welcome another child into their home. But early on in the pregnancy, Ni'aisha was so debilitated by sickness, she needed help. NI'AISHA: And since my abortion, my children are thriving. I have earned my first undergrad degree, and I'm currently continuing my education. I've elevated in my career, and I'm now a social justice organizer and advocate for other women. So needless to say, I couldn't have seen my life without an abortion. Because I could not have kept my pregnancy to term and I wouldn't have wanted to live that way.

NI'AISHA: Even more so now than I've ever been in my life. I think my anxiety now is on ten because I don't think people realize what our future is gonna look like. JACKSON: So currently the majority of the patients that we serve are Black people. We certainly serve people who identify as low income or as receiving Medicaid assistance. About 20% to 25% of our patients are non-English speaking. About a third of our patients identify as LGBTQ or gender non-conforming. And again, many of our patients are already parenting. The majority of our patients have other children that they're caring for.

We offer a Medicaid discount so that people who do qualify for Medicaid coverage will at least have some relief in their ability to afford their care. But all of these compounding factors, in addition to the risks of continuing a pregnancy to term, all of these things, I think, will be exacerbated, multiplied and will reach sort of dangerous levels as a result of the overturning of Roe.

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