Good morning, Broadsheet readers! The Supreme Court upholds a law banning domestic abusers from owning guns, women in Japan are suing for easier access to sterilization, and today is the anniversary of the Dobbs decision. Have a great Monday!
- Two years later. It’s been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
In the time since, 14 states have banned abortion outright and a handful of others have implemented gestational limits lower than the viability standard set by Roe v. Wade 50 years ago. Doctors have fled red states because of onerous new laws, leading to shortages. Maternal health outcomes have gotten substantially worse, and some conservatives are now going after IVF, contraceptives, and other reproductive health care. Any day now, the Supreme Court will rule on whether hospitals in states with total bans must provide patients with emergency abortion care.
