Reproductive Health volume 19 , Article number: Cite this article. Metrics details. Overturning Roe v Wade allowed the divided individual states to independently decide the legal parameters regarding abortion care.
A decision that disproportionately effects the reproductive lives of women residing on the land of America. Given the systemic impacts of racism, neoliberalism and white supremacy, it is the Black, racialized and poor women who suffer terrible repercussions. The discussion transitions to the implications of geopolitics at play nationally and cascading impacts globally, focusing on humanitarian and emergency settings.
Wade on June 24th, , has taken away the constitutional right to seek abortion; a decision that will have harmful and inequitable repercussions on the reproductive health of many Americans, particularly Black and Hispanic women in the US. This decision sets the stage for each state to independently decide the legal parameters regarding abortion.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, 26 US States have multiple bans ready to enact, 13 of which were trigger laws that automatically took effect when Roe v Wade was revoked, and 11 states had early gestational age bans [ 1 ]. In this editorial, the authors discuss this decision and its impacts on the reproductive health of women, particularly women of colour, through biopolitical, geopolitical and medical humanities perspectives. We underscore the injustice of taking away bodily autonomy as well as the disproportionate impacts on already oppressed communities in the US.
By women, we mean Black, Indigenous, Women of color, Trans women, and non-binary people who have historically faced, and continue to face, the repercussions of the oppression of white supremacy and the glorification of able white-cis hetero women. We thank those who have come before us to advocate, teach, and heal the wounds in our society.
