Stephan: This is a very sad story about the effect of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe. But I also think it is a data point on The Great Schism Trend. We are already seeing women changing their choice of colleges from Red to Blue states. There is also evidence that fertile women are choosing to leave Red states to live in Blue states. Also that physicians, particularly OB/GYN specialists, are leaving Red states making healthcare for women more problematic. The reality is that states governed by Republicans are seeing their social outcome data deteriorate, and this is becoming an increasing issue for the quality of life in Red and Blue states.
The waiting room at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services is empty as just an hour prior the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade shutting down abortion services at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services on June 24, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times / Getty
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a landmark ruling on abortion rights, Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. While the original Roe v. Wade case was a pivotal moment in widening women’s rights to abortion care, that original ruling also led to a significant backlash — meaning attempts to restrict abortion access – that took place for many years long before last year’s overturning of Roe.
As reported by the The Guttmacher Institute, specifically the years between 2011 and 2017 ushered in an unprecedented wave of new abortion restrictions in the United States; 32 states enacted a total of 394 new restrictions. Sadly, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry, a likely repercussion of these accumulating restrictions was an […]
A woman’s body is her own and every woman should have total control of her own body. God gave us all self-control, and it should stay that way.