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THE END OF ROE
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade , the landmark 1973 decision that forbid states from banning or significantly restricting abortion services.
Millions of people across the U.S. are losing their right to a safe and legal abortion. It doesnt matter that thousands of medical professionals define abortion care as vital health care. It doesnt matter that people denied abortions are statistically more likely to fall into poverty. And it doesnt matter that despite the countrys abysmal maternal mortality rate, a large number of Republican lawmakers are comfortable forcing people to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.
As abortion activist Renee Bracey Sherman once said: Everyone loves someone who had an abortion. With this decision, everyone will know and love someone who is forced to jump through immeasurable hoops to get abortion care, or simply be forced to give birth.
HuffPost has been covering the final days of abortion care as we know it for more on how we got here and what the future might look like, read the stories below.
The president said he would sign the bill into law on the 50th anniversary of the original abortion rights decision if Democrats hold Congress in the 2022 midterm elections.
Legislation from Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) aims to codify the FDAs superseding authority over state law regarding abortion bans.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) is expected to sign the ban into law soon. Indiana's ban is expected to quickly pass through the GOP-controlled legislature.
The Midwestern state has become an unlikely sanctuary for millions in a region where abortion is largely illegal. A constitutional amendment could change that.
Judges have blocked abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota amid lawsuits arguing that the bans violate their state constitutions.
The new legislation bars Seattle police from arresting people on warrants issued in other jurisdictions or helping in investigations related to abortion bans in other states.
More than 4 in 10 U.S. births are paid for by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for the poor and fewer abortions will mean more births.
Republicans claimed the bill, which is aimed at blocking state legislative efforts preventing travel for out-of-state abortions, would lead to "abortion tourism."
You have the power to do more to address this crisis," Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Alex Padilla and more wrote in a letter shared with HuffPost.
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