Given the obstacles Black women already face, new barriers to abortion—in Louisiana and across the country—will turn reproductive health care into a right we cannot exercise.
As the gender makeup of people who are incarcerated changes, there has yet to be sufficient research or policy change to address incarcerated women’s health needs.
States that have seen clinic shutdown laws struck down could reintroduce the measures if Supreme Court conservatives side with Louisiana in June Medical Services v. Russo.
How the U.S. Supreme Court justices decide June Medical Services v. Russo will have major implications for marginalized communities across Louisiana and the United States.
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