On Friday 24th June, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs Wade abortion case.
Although this won't make abortion illegal across America, but it will mean that abortion is illegal in around half of the states. individual states will be able to make their own laws, and many will.
The nationwide right to abortion, granted half a century ago, will be gone and some states will make it illegal to travel to other elsewhere to end a pregnancy.
Birth is an expensive business in the United States- even with healthcare insurance it costs around £10,000 to deliver in hospital.
The states that will ban abortion are mostly in the south, home to most of America's black population.
They are often low income areas with real structural disparity when it comes to healthcare, childcare and contraception.
As a result, the impact will be felt hardest by the poorest, those who cannot afford to have a baby or afford to travel to get a abortion.
Many of those seeking a termination in the United States already have at least 1 child. The financial responsibility of another often drives their decision. This ruling effectively denies that option.
The judgement handed down by the Supreme Court today is not just about the right to choose, it is about women's rights, parents rights, civil rights, healthcare rights, race and politics.
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This article has been written for educational purposes, the information for the article has been taken from ITV news.
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