We’re not *going* to see this at some future point. We already see it. The right to abortion is meaningless without access. It’s why @AbortionFunds exist. It’s why @AllAboveAll and @ifwhenhow and many others fight to repeal Hyde. https://twitter.com/importantmeagan/status/1327263582741000194
Eliminating abortion access by state has been the anti-abortion playbook for decades. Hundreds and hundreds of state restrictions on abortion passed just in the last 15 years. It’s what the last two major SCOTUS cases re: abortion were about. https://bit.ly/3njAg0E 
The U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Drop: Once Again, State Abortion

Between 2011 and 2017, the U.S. abortion landscape changed significantly. As documented by the Guttmacher Institute’s periodic abortion provider census, all the main measures of abortion declined,

https://bit.ly/3njAg0E
In 37 states, young people under the age of 18 have to involve a parent in their abortion decision or else tell all their business to a judge to get “permission” to have an abortion. Like, go all the way to court with a lawyer and everything. https://bit.ly/2L2osAa 
Improving young people's abortion access.

Ending forced parental involvement in abortion decision-making is a key part of ensuring reproductive self-determination for all young people.

https://bit.ly/2L2osAa
Even where abortion is legal, people have been criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes, for self-managing abortion, and for helping loved ones self-manage abortion.

It’s why @IfWhenHow’s Repro Legal Helpline exists: https://bit.ly/2sD9q9e 
If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline

Know your rights - information and a legal helpline for people who have been investigated, arrested, or are facing arrest for ending their own pregnancy.

https://bit.ly/2sD9q9e
Fixation on Roe and the “right” to abortion has been a hallmark of the “pro-choice” movement, and it is wholly inadequate — it fails entirely to encompass the reality of abortion access (which is extremely limited). It’s why reproductive justice is the way forward, and has been.
It should not surprise you that the “pro-choice” movement is historically unconcerned with racial justice or intersectional praxis.

Repro justice began by and for Black, Indigenous, and women and people of color: https://bit.ly/2IzFyWg 
Reproductive Justice — Sister Song

https://bit.ly/2IzFyWg
Restrictions on abortion access — TRAP laws, criminalization of self-managed abortion, bans on abortion funding, abortion insurance bans, etc. — are deliberately and disproportionately targeted at denying access to care for BIPOC folks, LGBTQ people, and low-income people.
Abortion is a

- reproductive justice issue
- economic justice issue
- immigration justice issue
- environmental justice issue
- racial justice issue
- disability justice issue
- LGBTQ justice issue

It’s not just about Roe and the right to privacy for wealthy white cis women.
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