One Year Since the Fall of Roe

The challenges, confusion, and concerns in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision that denied the constitutional right to abortion. Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress Reflecting on the First Year Without Roe [An abortion rights activist holds a sign saying "parenthood should be a choice, not a punishment". ]( Just one year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 50 years of precedent, overruling Roe v. Wade. Since that time, as a recent [report]( by the Center for American Progress explains, state laws have been rapidly changing as those hostile to reproductive rights have rushed to ban or restrict care as much as possible. At the same time, other states have worked to protect abortion rights. Overall, however, the decision propelled the country into a state of confusion and fear for medical professionals who provide abortion care. As of today, more than [25 million women of reproductive age]( live in states that have seized on Dobbs to restrict access to abortion. The Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, resulted in a wave of legal and legislative challenges across the country. The language used in bans across the country is often vague or confusing, leaving doctors unsure when or if they can perform abortions safely—even if a patient's life is at risk. Additionally, extremist lawmakers have [attempted to eliminate]( access to medication abortion, with dire implications for drug safety and the judiciary. Currently, [14 state]( have abortion bans in effect during any point in pregnancy, and many others have additional severe bans. Health care professionals that call these restrictive states home fear the legal consequences of keeping the oath they took as doctors. On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, health care professionals shared stories about their challenges, confusion, and concerns in navigating the aftermath of the decision and the rapidly evolving legal landscape of abortion care. [Read Stories from Health Care Providers]( We Will Not Give Up As dangerous as a world without Roe is, the fight isn’t over. We will persist to ensure that every person has the right to determine their own future. We must do everything we can to protect reproductive rights and make abortions more affordable and accessible for all. [Take Action]( From Our Partners at CAP Action: 'The Tent' “Dawn Porter on ‘Deadlocked’ and Today’s Activist Supreme Court” Filmmaker Dawn Porter joins [Colin Seeberger]( to discuss her forthcoming Showtime series, “Deadlocked,” how the Supreme Court was overtaken by an extremist far-right supermajority, and how this shift has led to catastrophic decisions such as overturning Roe v. Wade. [Listen Now]( Demand a Binding and Enforceable Ethics Code for Supreme Court Justices Confidence in the Supreme Court is at an [all-time low]( and with good cause—the justices refuse to be bound by a code of ethics like other federal judges, members of Congress, and executive branch officials. Just this week, ProPublica [exposed]( that Justice Samuel Alito took a lavish fishing vacation with a billionaire who later had cases before the court. Justice Antonin Scalia had been on the same fishing trip with the same billionaire [a few years prior](. Meanwhile, Justice Clarence Thomas has [accepted expensive trips]( corporate executives and major Republican donors as his fellow guests—and gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow without publicly reporting any of this. But despite these and other shocking allegations, the Supreme Court—the nation’s highest court—has refused to apply any binding, enforceable code of ethics to its members. 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