Five Things About Abortion in America You Should Know

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. As our Founding Director Ibram X. Kendi wrote on Twitter, “There is no separating this ruling from a larger effort to crush our centuries of fighting for reproductive rights of women, for civil and human rights for us all. The Court can crush Roe but it can not crush our resolve.”

No matter what five justices on the Supreme Court have decided, we still have the power to push for reproductive freedom.

Learn more about the history, and future, of abortion in America at the BU Center for Antiracist Research article.