With
abortion in jeopardy,
health experts are raising
the alarm about what repealing the Roe v. Wade decision could mean for some
minority women.
Martine Hackett, director of Public Health Programs at Hofstra
University, says if the Supreme Court does overturn the decision, then the
difference between those who have and those who have not will be "even
more stark."
“If you are in a situation
where you do not have that choice and you are denied access to getting an
abortion, you are in a situation where you might not be financially able to
raise a child, emotionally stable to do so, and yet you have to,” says Hackett.
Hackett says wealthier women in states where abortion would
be illegal could travel to have the procedure. That could prove more
difficult for poorer women or women of color.
Hackett says those
who are denied abortions could have negative long-term financial and health
outcomes.