Black Girls’s Well being Crucial releases after the Supreme Courtroom issued a keep quickly conserving medicine abortion drugs out there

Late final evening the Supreme Courtroom issued a choice to pause a decrease court docket ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medication v. FDA.  A ruling that challenged the FDA’s 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, a part of a two-drug protocol for medicine abortion, the commonest type of abortion within the US.

“The preservation of the suitable to medicine used to assist ladies’s general reproductive well being means Black ladies could make healthcare choices with out concern of arrest or incarceration,” stated Blount. “Because the dismantling of Roe, BWHI has apprehensive in regards to the well being and security of Black ladies within the face of unabashed authorized maneuvers flagrantly designed to forestall Black ladies from making probably the most fundamental well being care choices. This morning, we’re much less apprehensive, however we stay vigilant. Our battle for full rights to bodily autonomy continues.”

BWHI will proceed to face with our companions on this battle and stay steadfast in our mission to guard and promote the well being fairness wants of Black ladies.

In regards to the Black Girls’s Well being Crucial:
The Black Women’s Health Imperative is the primary and solely nationwide non-profit group created for and by Black ladies devoted to enhancing the well being and wellness of our nation’s 22 million Black ladies and ladies — bodily, emotionally, and financially. Our core mission is advancing well being fairness and social justice for Black ladies, throughout their lifespan, by coverage, advocacy, training, analysis, and management improvement. www.bwhi.org

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