Jeanne Flavin | 2008
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Katha Pollitt | 2015
01/12/2021 | Politico | Alice Miranda Ollstein
Just before the end of the Trump presidency, the Supreme Court heard its first case on abortion since Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in Fall 2020. The outcome was a blow to telemedicine abortion care. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court upheld a request by the Trump Administration to reinstate a federal rule that requires patients to pick up their abortion medications in-person from a medical provider. This ruling severely restricted the scope of telemedicine abortion since it does not allow mifepristone and misoprostol to be shipped directly to patients. We hope that in the early days of the Biden presidency, the effect of this decision will be reversed both to improve abortion access and reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure while accessing medical care.
Mother Jones | By Becca Andrews | June 29, 2020
ABC news | By Alexandra Svokos | June 29, 2020
Center for American Progress | By Jamille Fields Allsbrook and Nora Ellman | February 6, 2020
This article by the Center for American Progress provides a detailed overview of all aspects of this court case. It reviews a brief history of SCOTUS precedent on abortion rights and discusses the trajectory of this case through the courts up to the Supreme Court. This piece also examines the potential impacts of this case on numerous groups of people, including those in the south, people of color, low-income people, those with disabilities, young populations, and TGQN folks.
The Nation | By Renee Bracey Sherman | July 15, 2020
The state of abortion care during this pandemic has highlighted the importance of keeping abortion care accessible and ensuring that people are not criminalized for accessing basic reproductive care. In order to maintain adequate access to abortion care, abortion restrictions must be abolished.
Teen Vogue | By Jennifer Dalven | June 12, 2020
In this Op Ed, Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, discusses how COVID has shown us what a post-Roe world might look like. While many of the restrictions we saw in the early days of the pandemic are no longer in place, she urges people to act now before we see more intensive abortion restrictions resurface.
The Intercept | By Jordan Smith | June 15, 2020
This article describes the series of events that has occurred in the realm of abortion restrictions since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March. It discusses how new restrictions in addition to increasing numbers of protestors at clinics who are not using appropriate precautions, such as masks, has galvanized people across the nation to speak out against further restricting abortion access.
New England Journal of Medicine | Michelle J. Bayefsky, Deborah Bartz, and Katie L. Watson | April 9, 2020
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