Monday, June 24, marked two years because the Trump-stacked Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade; since then, 14 U.S. states have whole bans on abortion, whereas 27 states have bans based mostly on gestational period.
In cities and rural areas throughout the U.S., activists marched and rallied throughout the nation to mark the second anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group, the landmark choice that revoked the constitutional proper to abortion.
The mobilization comes as abortion entry has turn into more and more underneath assault since Roe‘s fall:
- In 2023, greater than 171,000 ladies traveled out of their dwelling states for abortion care.
- The speed of maternal mortality within the U.S. falls is greater than thrice the speed of different high-income nations.
- States with out whole abortion bans skilled a 25 p.c enhance in abortions 2023 in comparison with 2020.
Simply three days after activists took to the streets, the Supreme Courtroom dismissed each Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. This ruling quickly uphold the Emergency Medical Remedy and Labor Act‘s preemption of Idaho’s abortion legislation—for now. The choice is extra of a delay than a win for abortion rights supporters because the Courtroom has refused to determine on the important query: Do pregnant ladies deserve the identical life-saving medical remedy awarded to everybody else?
The Idaho and Moyle selections are only one instance of how abortion entry has turn into more and more threatened within the two years because the Dobbs choice.
From throughout the U.S., listed here are a few of our favourite indicators expressing dissatisfaction with the present assaults in opposition to abortion in a post-Roe world.
California
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The Los Angeles Girls’s Strike. (Fb) -
Indivisible RATT Pack & Indivisible Auburn, Calif., hosted a rally and banner drop in Auburn within the scorching warmth wave over the weekend (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) -
Indivisible RATT Pack & Indivisible Auburn, Calif., hosted a rally and banner drop in Auburn within the scorching warmth wave over the weekend (Courtesy of Emily Phelps)
Florida
Georgia
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Douglasville honk & wave co-hosted by Sweetwater Indivisible and West Georgia Indivisible. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) -
Douglasville honk & wave co-hosted by Sweetwater Indivisible and West Georgia Indivisible. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) -
Douglasville honk & wave co-hosted by Sweetwater Indivisible and West Georgia Indivisible. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps)
Idaho
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
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In Lengthy Island, N.Y., activists with Interact Lengthy Island NY hosted a ‘Vote like your rights depend upon it!’ Rally (twitter) -
Indivisible Mohawk Valley hosted a rally and march for reproductive freedom in Utica, N.Y. (twitter) -
Protesters rally on the in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) -
Protester outdoors Fort Stanwix in Rome, N.Y.(twitter)
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
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Activists with Indivisible Clackamas in Milwaukie, Ore. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) -
Activists with Indivisible Clackamas in Milwaukie. Ore. (Courtesy of Emily Phelps) (twitter)
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington, D.C.
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Livia Follet is an editorial intern for Ms. and a latest graduate from The College of Colorado Boulder the place she earned bachelor’s levels in English literature and girls and gender research. Raised in rural Colorado, her pursuits embody environmental justice actions, Indigenous feminisms and reproductive justice.