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<p>The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-in-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-decision">Supreme Court’s ruling in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson</em></a> confirmed the worst fears of reproductive rights activists when <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/alitos-dobbs-opinion-overturning-roe-is-judicial-activism-at-its-most-self-deceptive">six justices undid decades of legal precedent</a> and wiped away the constitutional right to abortion.</p>
<p>Just weeks later, abortion bans <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/24/abortion-state-laws-criminalization-roe/__;!!LsXw!UTjlc6pwwXObGo5qeZ2o08lujT5s63zYVapj0KMdYdRoqSoM3lQxdGNsBjojJqWu7Pght6IyCIdm4e2fVFd-9AO-hqTsdP0xppRd%24">have taken effect</a> in eleven states, with at least four more soon to follow. The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/people-fleeing-abortion-ban-states-are-desperate-for-our-help">bans will expand into other states</a>, some of which will bar not just the procedure, but our ability even to talk about it.</p>
<p>Human rights are interdependent, and the fall of <em>Roe v. Wade</em> sets in motion a dangerous array of consequences that will cascade far beyond the gutting of abortion rights. The decision immediately triggered laws in many states that criminalize not just the person seeking an abortion, but also those who attempt to provide the services. Abortion access starts with access to information, and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-aclu-just-got-some-much-needed-free-speech-competition">free expression is imperiled</a> when information-sharing is considered a crime.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-scotus-abortion-ruling-is-a-disaster-for-free-expression?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Just weeks later, abortion bans have taken effect in eleven states, with at least four more soon to follow. The bans will expand into other states, some of which will bar not just the procedure, but our ability even to talk about it.
Human rights are interdependent, and the fall of Roe v. Wade sets in motion a dangerous array of consequences that will cascade far beyond the gutting of abortion rights. The decision immediately triggered laws in many states that criminalize not just the person seeking an abortion, but also those who attempt to provide the services. Abortion access starts with access to information, and free expression is imperiled when information-sharing is considered a crime.
