#WeCount is a national abortion reporting effort to capture the shifts in abortion access by state. Earlier this month, #WeCount released a full year of data from April 2022 to March 2023, finding that there were a cumulative 25,640 fewer abortions in the first nine months after Roe was overturned. While there were increases in states that permitted abortion, these increases were not enough to compensate for the losses in states with bans.
In this webinar presented by SiX’s RFLC and the Society of Family Planning, Dr. Ushma Upadhyay and Dr. Alison Norris presented the new #WeCount data from April 2022 to March 2023.
Linked below are individual videos for each regional area that was discussed during the presentation.
- Pacific Subregion
- Mountain Subregion
- West North Central Subregion
- East North Central Subregion
- Northeast Subregion
- South Atlantic Subregion
Since the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, total bans on abortion have gone into effect in 14 states, and severe restrictions have been enacted in others, including bans before many people know they are pregnant. In addition to restricting access to abortion care, these new laws have affected obstetric and gynecologic care and general medical care more broadly.
The Care Post-Roe Study, conducted by ANSIRH (Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health and TxPEP (Texas Policy Evaluation Project), seeks to learn about how clinical care has changed by documenting cases of care that was different from the usual standard due to abortion laws that went into effect since the Dobbs ruling.
This study allows health care providers to share these narratives anonymously and confidentially, at a time when they are being forbidden by their employers or hospital leadership from speaking with the press about these cases. This report presents the preliminary findings of the Care Post-Roe Study.
Follow state legislators from across the country in this 5-part docuseries as they fight to defend abortion rights and expand access for all Americans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Click here to watch all five episodes!
What Legislators Need to Know About Haaland v. BrackeenOn Friday, June 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in Haaland v. Brackeen that the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, is still constitutional. Congress passed ICWA in 1978 to address centuries of U.S. government removal of Native children from their families. The law ensures that tribes have sovereignty over their children and that Native children who are up for adoption are placed with Native families. To explain this momentous victory for Native sovereignty, we’re pleased to share some reflections from feminist legal expert Sarah Deer.
Professor Deer is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. Professor Deer co-authored an amicus brief in support of the defendants in Haaland v. Brackeen on behalf of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Stephanie Benally, Sandy White Hawk, and eighty-eight victim advocacy, legal services, religious, and children’s rights organizations. She also co-authored an analysis of editorial coverage of ICWA since the law’s inception, “Editorializing ICWA: 40 Years of Colonial Commentary” in The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture, and Resistance. Additional information about ICWA can be found at the National Indian Child Welfare Association’s website.