A disproportionately high share of abortion patients are women of color — a result of systemic inequities, advocates say.
As word of the high court’s decision spread on Friday, racial justice and women’s rights organizations, alongside liberal lawmakers, condemned the decision, pointing to the ways it could harm people of color by restricting access to abortion and potentially criminalizing them for their pregnancy outcomes.
Lupe M. Rodriguez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, said her organization was “angry and crushed” by the court’s decision to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban — but not surprised.
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