As the first full year since Roe v. Wade was overturned closes, the abortion landscape in the U.S. has changed legally, politically and medically.

As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year’s developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision than the previous one.

In the final weeks of the year, the country followed the story of Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two in Texas, as she sought to end a tragic pregnancy to ensure she could have a future one.

Here is the state of play when it comes to abortion heading into 2024.

  • From Jane Roe to Kate Cox
  • States move in opposite directions
  • More abortions happened, despite bans
  • Political ramifications
  • In 2024, look for action on the abortion pill
  • @PrinceWith999Enemies
    36•11 months ago

    She was trotted out by the anti-abortion movement every chance they got.

    On May 22, 2020, a documentary titled AKA Jane Roe aired on FX, describing McCorvey’s life and the financial incentives to change her views on abortion.[5] In an interview conducted for the film shortly before her death, in what she referred to as her “deathbed confession”, McCorvey said her anti-abortion activism had been “all an act”, which she did because she was paid, stating that she did not care whether a woman got an abortion. “I was the big fish. I think it was a mutual thing. I took their money and they’d put me out in front of the cameras and tell me what to say. That’s what I’d say,” McCorvey said. “If a young woman wants to have an abortion, that’s no skin off my ass. That’s why they call it choice”, she added.

  • @Buffalox
    14•11 months ago

    Funny how Republicans love the Christian equivalent to Sharia law more than the freedom they used to claim to love.