It is not going to stop people from seeking access to abortion. It means they will have less access to safe abortion.
Alice Marie Johnson: “It is not going to stop people from seeking access to abortion. It means they will have less access to safe abortion.”
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Alexis McGill Johnson discusses the implications of outlawing abortion.
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the victims of this ruling are going to be disproportionately the very same people who were subject to segregation, black and brown folks, indigenous people.
There is not a single state in the union where banning abortion is popular. Our humanity and our dignity is not up for debate. Every time they overreach, we fight back. As Dr. King said, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends…
The intent is not just to shame and, you know, blame abortion providers and patients, it`s also to create a heavy significant burden.
It will force abortion providers and others who are sued to spend massive amounts of time and money to defend themselves in lawsuits across the state in which the deck is heavily stacked against them.