How Abortion Restrictions Exacerbate America’s Affordability Crisis

Few decisions carry more weight than whether or when to have a child. Women who decide to end a pregnancy are making an intensely personal, at times deeply emotional, decision. They deserve quality care, compassion and respect. Instead, under the Trump administration, abortion restrictions are expanding and options for care are disappearing.

Four years after the Supreme Court's  Dobbs ruling, abortion care comes with a maze of logistical and financial hurdles. As Black women leaders who have balanced careers, motherhood and the realities of navigating racist and discriminatory systems, we know these burdens never fall equally. In the United States today, abortion is increasingly reserved for those who can find and pay for it. We urge new thinking: instead of a return to the  Roe v. Wade era ripe with restrictions and hurdles, let's govern expansively. We envision a supportive government that makes abortion accessible to anyone who needs it.

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