About 40% of women who get abortions in the U.S. are Black, and advocates say abortion bans like Texas’ will increase their health and financial risks.
, D-Dallas, said the justices and lawmakers who supported last week’s ruling have the privilege of wealth and class that will make it unlikely they’ll ever have to feel the effect of these laws — but Black women will.In addition to Texas, 25 other states are certain or likely to ban abortion now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, according to the. Blount said it won’t be long in the coming weeks and months before the U.S. begins to see the long-term effects of those bans on Black women.
There’s a variety of reasons why these statistics are higher for Black women, Blount said. Black women often lack access to proper prenatal care. If you’re Black with low income and living in rural areas, you just don’t have the access, she said. “And so literally, the combination of poor health, lack of income, lack of access and the stress of being Black in this country causes premature mortality,” Blount said.
All these factors contribute to Black women being the largest demographic of abortion-seekers in the U.S., Blount said. Black women account for 38.4% of abortion patients, the largest share among other racial and ethnic groups, according to
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