This piece first appeared in our weekly newsletter, The Fallout.
This week would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but instead of commemorating the flawed but historic Supreme Court decision recognizing the federal right to abortion, this country continues to find itself spiraling downward in an ongoing public health crisis thanks to Roe’s reversal. Maternal and infant mortality rates are on the rise, while hospitals in states that ban abortion grapple with whether their doctors must ever perform life-saving abortion care—a........