The fall of Roe v. Wade over the summer did more than change the landscape on abortion. It also left questions over other Supreme Court precedents and elements of reproductive health care like contraceptives in Republican-controlled states. In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Womenâs Health decision, which reversed the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a large increase in demand .
The sad part is not the elimination of personal liberties by the government; rather, it’s that political leaders have coopted physicians and censored those who can lend a voice to patients in need. Unchecked, the government will arrogate the power to resolve thorny medical issues and arbitrarily change medical rules.
Not only are parents left out of a conversation between school officials and their child, but the affirmation is about whatever the child feels like on a particular day.