Defining Essential Services in a State of Emergency: Abortion Access and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Credit: https://theintercept.com/2020/02/10/louisiana-abortion-supreme-court-third-party-standing/ In 1973, Roe v. Wade(1) asserted that access to safe and legal abortions was a constitutionally protected right in the United States. Each year, roughly one million(2) women make the choice to terminate their pregnancy in the United States. Despite precedent being upheld numerously over the years, state governments have consistently exercised their authority to limit women’s rig