As state after state proposes restrictions that test the limits of Roe
v. Wade, it can be difficult to remember this simple fact: 43 years ago,
the Supreme Court affirmed a woman's constitutional right to get an
abortion in The United States. With that decision, hospitalizations and
deaths related to unsafe, illegal abortions effectively evaporated,
although many women still face significant, at times humiliating hurdles
when it comes to accessing abortion care.
To understand what is truly at stake when politicians come after abortion rights, it is important to remember how difficult and dangerous things were for women before the landmark ruling. Here, two women share their stories of what it was like to get an abortion before Roe v. Wade. Read more.
To understand what is truly at stake when politicians come after abortion rights, it is important to remember how difficult and dangerous things were for women before the landmark ruling. Here, two women share their stories of what it was like to get an abortion before Roe v. Wade. Read more.
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