, according to the Nationala 235 percent increase in travel arrangements from the previous year.a 403 percent increase in rideshares from the previous year.decision’s ravaging effects as abortion protections plummet nationwide. “This is no surprise, as abortion bans don’t reduce the need for abortion care—they just make it harder to access,” said NAF’s COO Veronica Jones.
Civil rights groups like The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights praised the decision, calling the ruling “an important step towards ensuring our communities have the power to elect the leaders of their choice,” though the group also emphasized more work to be done in the movement towards voter equality.Their 133-page legislative agenda argues the solution to systemic inequality is an extended comprehensive framework that centers Black women and girls in U.S. policy.
“Black women have persevered through unimaginable oppression, historical mistreatment and shameful exclusion,” said Rep. Yvette Clarke . “This is our time to finally and fairly benefit from the fruits of our ancestors’ forced labor.”