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The Supreme Court Won’t Save Us: Fundamental Freedoms on the Line in the States

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, they didn’t just eviscerate federal protections for abortion access – they opened the door to completely undermining a number of our most personal rights and freedoms that were constructed on the same legal precedent as Roe. Now Republican state lawmakers have been emboldened in their attempts to chip away our rights to birth control, same-sex relationships, and marriage equality, solidifying state legislatures as the frontline in the fight for Americans’ freedoms.