Category 1970s Reproductive Justice

After Roe v. Wade, a network of organizations fights to make abortion rights real — not just legal — as opponents mobilize to take them away.

When the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973, it established a constitutional right to abortion, but it did not guarantee access to one. Within three years, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, cutting off Medicaid funding for abortions. Anti-abortion…