[bigstrat2003]

> The "culture war" just resulted in the reversal of Roe v Wade denying millions of women with healthcare access.

I don't really think it's accurate to describe abortion as "healthcare access". Whatever your views on the topic may be, the situation is more complex than that.

[acdha]

It really is that simple. Women are at severe risk now if they develop certain normal conditions which are mathematically certain to happen to a number of people every year, but now they have to leave to free states (if they can) or plead with a court system to get life/fertility-saving healthcare because the medical treatment is an abortion. Anyone doing IVF especially has to worry about that because there are more situations which can go wrong with elevated risk of death or loss of fertility. It’s not even directly reproductive care: some things like chemotherapy have the risk of complications due to pregnancy during treatment, which has numerous documented cases where treatment was delayed waiting for proof that someone isn’t pregnant because state law prohibits an abortion if that happens.

There’s another aspect which again really is that simple: the liability risk of having some theocrat second-guess their medical expertise means that hospitals are closing obstetric departments and doctors are leaving repressive states. Reduced access guarantees that people who would have had medical care a few years ago do not today.

https://www.idahostatesman.com/living/health-fitness/article...