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UPDATE
On June 24, the Supreme Court struck downRoe v. Wade.
Without federal protection for abortion, it is now up to individual states to regulate or ban the procedure.
In the draft, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the decisions inRoe v. WadeandCasey v. Planned Parenthoodwere egregiously wrong.
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The Courts ultimate decision may not entirely align with the leaked draft.
My deepest concern is how far it goes into controlling and eroding our individual liberties, she said.
What DoesRoe v. WadeSay About Privacy?
The decision to terminate a pregnancy, they said, is included in those zones.
What is in the draft is specific to Roe and Casey.
That should be really troubling for everyone.
Alito maintained in his draft that overturning Roe would not jeopardize other civil rights.
Dazon Dixon-Diallo
Abortions will go on.
It ruled that married couples had a right to privacy against government restrictions onbirth control.
But stripping such rights through the courts would take some time, Gandal-Powers said.
It takes time, Gandal-Powers said.
But attempts to reduce access to contraceptives are already underway across the country.
A Missouri bill attempted to ban emergency contraceptives andintrauterine devicesfrom being covered under Medicaid last year.
Idaho banned public school-based health centers from providing emergency contraception, like Plan B, in astatuteon abortion-related activities.
Its already started, and attacks onGriswoldare something that I anticipate will happen more directly, Gandal-Powers said.
They prey on confusion.
Its all about bodily autonomy, and thats what theyre going right after, Diallo said.
Its still legal, Gandal-Powers said.
OverturningRoewould make it even more difficult for people of color and low-income people to access reproductive health services.
Abortions will go on.
For right now, its about womens bodies and bodies that have uteruses.
After that, whos next?
For now, abortion remains legal in every state, though some states like Texas have imposed substantial restrictions.
