NDWN Response to the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade

The North Dakota Women’s Network strongly opposes the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. For half a century, women and families have relied upon the protection of their medical privacy from government interference. The decision of the Court to revoke this protection of privacy is devastating, as it will severely harm access to reproductive health care for many Americans’. It is also reasonable to expect that this decision will damage health privacy more broadly, undermining much more than just access to reproductive health care. We anticipate that, over time, this decision may further erode privacy in ways that impact us all.
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The Court’s decision also disproportionately impacts North Dakota women and families, because the North Dakota legislature has passed laws that will deny reproductive medical privacy and healthcare access since Roe is overturned. As a result, only North Dakotans with adequate resources will be able to travel out-of-state to receive this important healthcare. The decision to overturn Roe, coupled with North Dakota’s punitive and privacy-violating policies, means that many lower- and middle-income North Dakotans who are unable to engage in costly travel will not be able to receive access to the reproductive health care that they need.
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