The Fall of Roe v. Wade Is Even Worse if You're Not White

[demmiblue]

As more states make abortion illegal, people of color seeking abortions will likely end up being targeted by authorities even more if Roe falls.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked plan to overturn Roe v. Wade has confirmed what many have been fearing for months—and now, experts gearing up for the fall of Roe say it will disproportionately harm people of color in the U.S., especially Black people.

A Supreme Court draft opinion that leaked Monday night indicated the majority of the court will overturn Roe v. Wade this summer, ending a half-century of constitutional protection for abortion rights in the U.S. The decision will further clear a path for several states, including Alabama, Texas, and Georgia, to continue to severely restrict access to legal abortion, and it will disproportionately harm pregnant Black people and people of color, as well as immigrants, undocumented folks, and LGBTQ folks, experts say.

This could also give authorities yet another way to target people of color.

“We see very clearly that people are being surveilled, targeted, and accused of accessing abortion,” Dr. Jamila Perritt, an abortion provider and president of Physicians for Reproductive Health, told VICE News.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxedp/black-people-abortion-rights

[sop]

1. "This could also give authorities yet another way to target people of color."

Republicans have been finding ways to jail black men for years, and disenfranchise them in the process. Why not target black women as well, the most reliable Democratic voting bloc?

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, Alito depended on history and tradition to say there was no right to abortion going back to ...

... days where women didn't have voting rights and ignoring the 9th amendment.

Same can be said to justify slavery ignoring all kinds of other amendments.

[PXR-5]

3. I remember when many conservatives were FOR abortion,

Yep! My Dad and his buddies back in the early 70s said; good, let "those" people have abortions! Less kids and families on welfare!

If I recall, I believe even Archie Bunker may have said that.

So, I wonder how non religious conservatives would respond to this today?

(BTW, my Dad finally came around to being a moderate and voted against TFG)

[TheRealNorth]

4. I remember this from back in the 80's

The real ghouls even suggested forced sterilizations if a mother went on welfare.

[2naSalit]

5. Now imagine...

These women being black in this ad.