The Medical Effects of Abortion Bans
Newsy
The overturning of Roe v. Wade will have risky ripple effects for the health of a woman during pregnancy and birth.
Protesters on both sides of the abortion debate took to the streets over the weekend after the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson. It eliminated the federal right to abortion and gave states the power to decide the issue.
With abortion trigger laws on the books, 13 states are fast-tracking abortion bans. The laws have already taken effect in five of those states, with the rest expected to take effect within the next few months. Alabama – which did not have a trigger law — has also banned abortion.
Unless abortion-seekers in those states are able to travel elsewhere or access medication abortions, they will be forced to carry their pregnancies to term or seek out medically unsupervised abortions.
