Roe v. Wade
With new restrictions on abortion, Americans need to open their hearts and checkbooks
We need public investments targeted at strengthening the income support, health care access and social services systems for low-income women and families facing unexpected and unwanted pregnancies.
Brent Orrell
Opinion contributor
The "big one" hit American social policy and politics when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overturning 50 years of law governing access to abortion. The aftershocks have been nearly as jarring.
On Aug. 2, voters in Kansas, one of the deepest of deep “red” states, voted overwhelmingly against giving legislators the power to regulate abortion by amending the state constitution, which guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion.