Extremist judges will not stop endangering the lives of pregnant people or people who may become pregnant—overturning Roe v. Wade, attacking medication abortion, threatening the future of IVF, and this week at SCOTUS, emergency abortion care.
Our lawyers are waging strategic fights that make clear what is at stake for people who can become pregnant and seek to bolster our fundamental rights to control our lives, futures, and destinies.
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As a result, experts say, the court has been highly selective about the cases it’s planning to hear; only one of three high-profile cases has actually been scheduled for arguments in 2017. And until the court returns to full strength,”the potential for equally divided decisions remains,” according to a National Women’s Law Center report. The short-handed, eight-member Court failed to reach consensus in certain cases, including a rare, 4-4 split on a challenge to President Barack Obama’s plan for young immigrants who enter the U.S. without legal documentation.
