Protect Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care

The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade and reproductive rights in the United States through their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – threatening the lives of pregnant people across the country.

Following today’s ruling, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion – impacting marginalized communities the most and making it near-impossible to easily access comprehensive reproductive health care in large swaths of the United States.

Will you join PHR in reminding lawmakers that abortion is health care? Take action today.

The Supreme Court’s decision will likely lead to irreparable harm for patients and health workers across the country. Abortion is health care, and an essential part of a spectrum of evidence-based, rights-respecting clinical reproductive health interventions.

With Roe v. Wade dismantled, health workers will soon be placed in the untenable situation of having to decide between obeying new anti-abortion laws or fulfilling their medical ethics to deliver impartial, evidence-based health care.

Violence and threats against health workers who provide reproductive health services – from death threats to license revocation to physical violence – are on the rise and will likely increase as abortion is outlawed in states across the country.

States must act now to enact protections and provisions to further safeguard access to safe abortion and shield people who access abortion services and health workers from prosecution and extradition to hostile states.

As the majority decision also assailed the legal precedents that underpin other fundamental rights, including LGBTQ+ protections, access to contraception, and interracial marriage, I’m counting on you to work assiduously to safeguard these human rights from further assault.

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]