The United States is not prepared for a surge of post-Roe babies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Ashley Underwood, the director of Equity Forward, a watchdog organization that monitors anti-abortion centers, explained that the approach of such organizations is paternalistic and rooted in racist and classist ideals that are harmful to those they purport to serve.
59% : "Anti-abortion centers are not necessary, they're not effective, and it's time to explore other ways that public dollars can be used to support parents and pregnant people," Underwood says.
57% : In the months since the Dobbs ruling, there has been myriad claims from anti-abortion centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, that they are ready to step up and help pregnant people who are unable to terminate their pregnancies.
56% : It is also worth noting that the very people who are passing anti-abortion legislation in the name of a "pro-life" moral imperative are also the ones who have chipped away at programs that provide funding to alleviate poverty and create healthier communities.
51% : If you've been on the internet at all today, you know that Sunday, Jan. 21 marked what would have been the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling that declared a Constitutional right to abortion.
51% : "But these births won't be equally distributed among the population; they're likely to be concentrated among the poorest of the poor, in states where the social safety net is frayed to begin with."
50% : In the study, 24 states plus Washington, D.C. are categorized as places where abortion is protected.
47% : Anti-abortion centers often employ "earn as you learn" programs, in which expecting parents earn currency by attending parenting classes that can be used in the center's store to buy necessities like diapers, strollers, and formula.
41% : According to a report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, nearly 6.5 million Latinas, or 42 percent of all Latinas of reproductive age in the country, live in a state that either has or is likely to ban abortion.
40% : Twenty-six states either heavily restrict abortion or ban the procedure altogether.
39% : "Every single barrier to abortion is based in racism, economic oppression, and gender injustice."
37% : "While the effect of abortion denial is overwhelmingly negative economically, mentally, and physically, there is also strong evidence for the flip side of this argument: that access to abortion is associated with positive economic outcomes, including lower rates of teen births and teen marriages," writes Asha Banerjee, the author of the report.

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