The End Of Roe v. Wade Would Be A Disaster For Black Mothers

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HuffPo

Already suffering from a dismal maternal mortality rate, millions of Black people would be in danger without access to abortion.

Nathalie Baptiste

Jun 16, 2022

This article is part of a larger series titled “The End Of Roe.” Head here to read more.

When a draft decision that would fully overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion access for millions of women leaked in early May, Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the decision, had a curious and inflammatory aside. He suggested that Black people who get abortions are committing genocide against their own race. In the draft, Alito wrote that some abortion advocates are “motivated by a desire to suppress the size of the African American population” and that this theory is correct because the majority of people who have had an abortion are Black.

But he did not mention pregnancy-related deaths among those very same people.

The real danger for Black mothers will come if Alito’s draft becomes the court’s final decision. Black women in the U.S. already face a dismal maternal death rate, and studies have shown that restricting abortion access will lead to a surge in pregnancy deaths.

More than half the states have trigger laws in place, meaning if Roe falls, abortion becomes illegal in that state. Reproductive health experts and advocates have been warning that this outcome will lead to an increase in deadly illegal abortions, the criminalization of pregnancy and a rise in the already high Black maternal death rate.

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