In Progress

Introduction

January 22, 2008 was the 35th anniversary of legal abortion in the United States during these years, millions of women have gotten the abortions they needed, without risk to their lives and health. Yet millions of other women have not. Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalising abortion, left a gap between legality and access which opponents turned into a chasm filled with legal restrictions, unnecessary and burdensome regulations, continued threats and violent attacks on clinics and service providers. Today, abortion is legal but restricted, stigmatised and continually under attack, with the women who are most vulnerable–poor women, women of color, young women–bearing the brunt and facing the greatest obstacles.