The ‘Jane Crow’ era: why the ‘abandonment of morality’ by SCOTUS is ‘a matter of democracy’

In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many women have experienced terrible outcomes as a result of being denied an abortion. And the reason is simple: Abortion. Is. Healthcare. “What it reflects is an abandonment of morality,” says Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy at Georgetown and author of ‘Policing the Womb’. We are in a “Jane Crow” period, says Goodwin. “When you take people’s ability away to be able to care for themselves, you affect every aspect of their life.”

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