If Roe v. Wade is overruled entirely or more seriously weakened, states may soon be able to criminalize many or even all abortions.
We know from public health data that criminalizing abortion increases the maternal mortality rate. In other words, criminalizing abortion kills women.
Nine Pennsylvania lawmakers signed on to an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief authored by Americans United for Life (AUL) and filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Gee. In the brief, they call on the U.S. Supreme Court to reach beyond the case itself and overturn both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
June Medical Services is the first big abortion rights case to go before the court since Trump appointed conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.