HRI Statement: Roe Vs Wade

Today we enter the second week in a post-Roe nation. .

It means that states–including Texas–have the green light to eliminate abortion care.

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It means that communities who are already grappling with inadequate access to healthcare are even further endangered.

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It means that Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other communities of color once again bear the brunt of the Texas government’s assault on human rights.

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Today, we want to talk a bit about why:

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✔️ Many immigrant folx and folx of color lack health insurance–either because they are blocked (by law) from Exchanges, employer-based markets, and Medicare/Medicaid, or because they can’t afford it. Lack of safe, affordable, and equitable medical care results in higher risk for complicated pregnancies.

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✔️ Our laws don’t sufficiently support the education or resources needed to empower folx to take precautions to safe-guard themselves.

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✔️ Folx will still need abortion care, which means that they will face increased risk of criminalization and further dangers to their health.

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✔️ Those who carry to term may face the reality that they can’t afford to care for their family in the ways that they need, creating higher mortality rates, mental health impacts, and economic instability, in a state where they may be ineligible for any supportive services from the government.

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The people who can afford it will find a way to get the care they need. But the dismantling of Roe means that the people with less resources will bear the consequences. And in Texas, where we have the highest poverty rate of any industrial state, and where Black and Hispanic residents live disproportionately in poverty (triple the rate of white residents), communities of color will most feel the impacts.

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Everyone should be able to make choices that are best for their health. That’s the future we believe in.

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Follow our friends at Afiya Center, Jane’s Due Process, Avow Texas, Fund Texas Choice, and Texas Equal Access Fund for more. #ReproductiveJustice #RoeVWade #SB8 #SCOTUS #AbortionisHealthcare #BansOffOurBodies

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