In a surprise 5-to-4 ruling, SCOTUS saved 53 percent of the state’s pregnant people from having to travel more than 150 miles for the medical procedure.
Federal courts ruled against Republican-controlled states Texas, Alabama and Ohio, where officials ordered abortion providers to stop providing services during the pandemic.
“When we can’t access the health care we need, we’re denied freedom, safety and autonomy in our bodies and lives,” says abortion rights activist Marcela Howell.
Seven judges ruled that family planning centers cannot refer women for abortions and still receive federal money to care for lower-income earning women.
