For Black Women, The Fights For Roe v. Wade And Voting Rights Are Inextricable

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Now in the midst of a global pandemic, Georgia leaders continue to leave many people without access to healthcare by refusing to expand Medicaid as promised in the Affordable Care Act.
42% : And less than a decade later came the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973 giving women the right to access abortion legally all across the country.
42% : Both the Hyde and Helms Amendments set in motion the strategy of using legislation to weaken the power of Roe and deprive poor women (disproportionately women of color) access to abortion.
35% : Today, Black women are less likely to have health insurance or are under insured, are more likely to be denied coverage for abortion and struggle to access and afford birth control.
34% : Roe v. Wade now sits in a precarious state as the Supreme Court upheld a six-week abortion ban in Texas and has agreed to hear a case on a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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