Eliminating the right to abortion will disproportionately affect marginalized people in America. According to the most recent CDC data, black females have the highest rates of abortions followed by Hispanic women. Black and brown communities have historically experienced inequities in access to quality healthcare and reproductive health information. Not only is the overturning of Roe v Wade unsafe, it is discriminatory. 

Limiting access to abortions is a threat to women’s health. Carrying out a pregnancy comes with inherent health risks to the mother. Furthermore, unintended pregnancies are associated with poor maternal and infant health outcomes. These pregnancy-related health risks are heightened in black and brown communities in America. Black and Hispanic women are more likely than white women to experience health complications during pregnancy and childbirth, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. A 2020 report from the CDC also found that Black women died of maternal causes at nearly three times the rate of white women. With the amount of health risks that come with carrying out a pregnancy, it is clear that abortion is an essential aspect of women’s healthcare.

People should be able to freely make decisions about their bodies regardless of the state they live in or their socioeconomic status. We have compiled resources you can look to if you want to help others, or if you need help yourself.