What Happens After Roe V. Wade?
Every week, the Wonder Newsroom asks our community to pose questions on topics confronting our world today.
This week, our analysts took on the recent news regarding ROE V. WADE:
“On June 24th, The supreme court ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US, upending the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case in a rare reversal of long-settled law.
The decision will have profound, immediate, and enduring consequences for tens of millions of Americans with ripple effects that could play out over decades.”
ROE V. WADE, THE NUMBERS:
61% of US adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
49% of women who have had abortions in the US earn less than the federal poverty threshold.
7.2% of abortions in the US occur after the first trimester (>13 weeks).
24% is the estimated increase that a total abortion ban in the US could have on maternal maternity rates.
THE STATE OF US ABORTION LAWS, POST-DOBBS:
Source: Statista
Check out the 2nd edition of the Wonder Newsroom below where we ask & answer the most pressing questions about the overturning of Roe V. Wade:
How will the ruling affect publicly-funded fetal tissue research?
How will the overturn of Roe v. Wade affect US colleges and universities?
What will the future of the emergency contraception industry look like, post-Roe?
How will the reversal impact insurance coverage within the US?
What is the demographic profile of women who have had abortions in the US?
What groups in the US have the highest maternal mortality rates?