We spoke with an abortion provider, a city councilmember, a reproductive rights lawyer, and an abortion doula about what the overturning of Roe would look like in DC.
poised to overturn, the near-term future for many states is fairly clear: some have enacted trigger laws that will outlaw abortion the momentfalls. Other states have expanded access to reproductive health, and those laws will remain on the books. Maryland may become a haven for people seeking abortions across state lines, while Republicans in Virginia could try to enact more restrictive laws. Eventually, Congress may try to pass aFor DC, the path isn’t straightforward.
Also, it is not just about DC residents. We have a lot of people from places like Texas who travel to the District for their abortion care procedures. We want to make sure that this can continue to happen. I introduced a bill earlier this year to shore up protections for self-managed terminations of pregnancy, to ensure that those folks or anyone who helps them cannot be criminalized. There are times where people are like, “Do we really need this? We’re in DC—I think we’re okay.
One of the things that has moved me to start a new clinic is the knowledge that, if we have an influx of people coming from other states, then people in Maryland still need to have abortions, too. I work in a clinic in Baltimore, and also two clinics in Alabama. In Alabama, you’re already seeing the reality that you can’t get an appointment, because folks from Mississippi and Louisiana are coming east, because their clinics are full of people from Texas.
I also think it’s really important to think about how the outcomes of these laws can include things like forced pregnancy and birth. For Black and brown people in particular, pregnancy is extremely dangerous—we have one of the worst perinatal mortality rates among similarly-situated countries economically. The more people who are forced to stay pregnant, the more deaths we’re going to have from pregnancy.
Hopefully, this is a moment where people can understand what’s at risk. It’s not theoretical anymore—this is really real. Maybe it lights the fire under folks to organize and to be active participants in our democracy.Most people are very familiar with birth doula work, supporting pregnant people through labor and delivery. Abortion doulas have a very similar skill set. We are there for the patient a little bit before their procedure, during, and sometimes after.
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