The Cut - One Year Without Roe

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has unleashed immense harm and suffering across the nation in the past year. It’s been historically challenging to track how many people have abortions in the United States, and quantifying abortion seekers’ and providers’ experiences is now complicated by new legal risks and heightened fears of prosecution. The small slice of figures we do have access to helps us understand how many people have been affected by abortion bans and what barriers they’ve run up against while trying to get care.

It is essential to create a record of the human cost of the Supreme Court’s decision: the 10-year-old rape victim who was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion, the pregnant women who have become septic and maimed after being denied lifesaving care, the people who have been forced to continue their pregnancies because they have no other option. This is our attempt, incomplete by nature, to marry those stories with the trends that researchers have measured and account for what we’ve lost in the first year after Roe.

Eighteen thousand female soldiers helped design the army’s new tactical bra. Thank a beekeeper today. Can we trade places with one of these animals? Starting a petition to have Kylie Minogue voice all AI. These 1,572 U.S. politicians have helped ban abortion since Roe fell. Ina Garden’s Facebook was hacked … to post an “Olive Garden copycat recipe.” Teamwork makes the dream work. LGBTQ+-friendly beaches to visit near NYC while Jacob Riis is under construction. More than 3,000 Starbucks workers will go on strike next week over Pride décor. How to make a lifelong reader. And the vegan landlord speaks.

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