OP-ED: With The Future Of Roe On The Line, So Are Black Women’s Lives

Essence Magazine:

By Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton ·Updated April 8, 2022

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that safe and legal abortion was a federally protected right in the 1973 landmark case, Roe v. Wade, the backlash to dismantle this new constitutional freedom immediately ensued. Nearly fifty years later, not a day has passed since the Court’s ruling where anti-choice, far-right extremists haven’t tried to take us backwards.

As the Court readies their decision

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