Saturday marks one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that widened the gulf between Americans who can acquire an abortion and those who cannot. In the time since Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion for the conservative majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the ability to obtain medication or procedural abortion has largely become predicated on which party controls a state’s government, as well as an individual’s personal and financial capacity to travel significant distances. The disjointed patchwork of abortion restrictions has increased confusion for providers and patients alike, exacerbating inequities in access affecting millions of Americans nationwide.

The New Republic