When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June and abolished the constitutional right to abortion, medical providers were faced with a complex patchwork of state-level abortion bans and bans. In Arizona, medical workers wondered if… an ancient law banning almost all abortions and punishing providers with jail time meant they had to stop the procedures. In Wisconsin, a prosecutor said he would not prosecute abortion cases after an 1849 state law banning them went into effect.
The concerns of medical providers and patients are not limited to abortion. Overthrowing Roe can also affect access to fertility treatments such as: test tube fertilizationaccess to care for the life-threatening complication of Ectopic Pregnancy and access to contraceptives.
How does the Supreme Court ruling reform reproductive care and medical care in general?
Join us on July 21 at 4:00 PM EDT for an online event hosted by Times Opinion’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro. You’ll hear from health care providers in states where abortion is or may soon be banned and your questions answered by medical and legal experts.
Speakers include: Kimberly Mutchersona law professor at Rutgers University whose scholarship focuses on bioethics and reproductive justice, and Dr. David Hackneya specialist in maternal-fetal medicine and the president of the Ohio Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.