Impact of Abortion Restrictions on College Students

When the Dobbs decision leaked, I was in the middle of taking AP exams, preparing to say goodbye to my high-school teachers and classmates, and getting ready for prom and graduation. Just recently I had fallen in love with and committed to a university, which was a big milestone. It was an exciting time in my life, but the anticipated impact of Dobbs had me second-guessing this big decision. I feared the consequences of my decision to stay in Texas for another four years.

Anti-Abortion Centers and Their Fake Economic Solutions

Having the freedom to decide if and when we have kids is fundamental to building the lives we want for ourselves. But in the face of a housing affordability crisis, underfunded child care infrastructure, and a widening gender wage gap, this fundamental freedom feels further and further out of reach. Instead of addressing these economic issues, anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to divest from proven social services and invest in anti-abortion programs that are not only ineffective, but detrimental to communities.

The Systemic Targeting of Marginalized Groups by Anti-Abortion Centers

Targeting marginalized communities is an issue across various businesses, including finance, food and beverage, and retail. Anti-abortion centers (AACs) also fall in the predatory business category. AACs’ strategic targeting of marginalized communities exploits disparities and systemic inequalities in reproductive health care to their advantage.

Recent Headlines Of Anti-Abortion Ties Are Part Of A Broader Judicial Strategy

Has the anti-abortion movement weaponized the judicial branch to enforce its agenda? Of course it has. The Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) ethical state-of-play is particularly concerning given the justices will be hearing oral arguments on the two biggest post-Roe reproductive rights cases so far.

How Digital Trails And Digitized Data Complicate The Surveillance And Criminalization Of Abortion Care

Previously, Equity Forward began a blog series on the intersection of anti-abortion centers (AACs), data, and privacy. To contextualize the problem of AACs’ access to data, we will delve into the nature of surveillance and criminalization of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes — specifically, abortion as a pregnancy outcome — and how data can be used against people for having abortions.

Anti-Abortion Centers And Our Data: A History Of Unregulated Exploitation

Introduction

Surveillance of pregnant people and criminalization of abortion is nothing new in the United States’ long history of trying to control bodily autonomy. Historian Leslie J. Reagan details the timeline of anti-abortion laws in the U.S. beginning in the nineteenth century, followed by law enforcement tactics of interrogating those who had abortions, clinic raids, and prosecution of people who had abortions.

Reproductive Health: A Social Justice Issue

The United Nations (UN) defines human rights as, “rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by the state.” These range from the right to food and education, to health and liberty. The United Nations also affirms that access to culturally competent reproductive health care is a human right. As such, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v.

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