The End of Roe Will Be Devastating for Incarcerated People

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Criminal charges for pregnancy loss including abortion have significantly increased in recent years, from 413 prosecutions between 1973 and 2005, to more than 1,250 between 2006 and 2020, per National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
44% : Right now, despite how Roe protects incarcerated people's right to abortion, just 68% are aware they have this right.
42% : That trans people face higher rates of prison rape, McCoy says, "might increase the potential for pregnancy and need for abortion."
41% : The cost of abortion is a big barrier, too: Two-thirds of prisons that allow abortions require the pregnant person to pay for both the abortion and all associated costs, including not just gas and transportation fees, but "officer time" for those who escort them.
41% : "We know many states have trigger laws to ban abortion once Roe is overturned, and [an incarcerated person] won't even have the option to drive to another state for care," Urban Institute senior policy manager Evelyn McCoy told Jezebel.
36% : Twenty-one percent of trans women have been incarcerated at some point, where they're subject to higher rates of harassment and abuse, and the end of Roe will further obstruct trans pregnant people's access to abortion and other vital health care.

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