The Abortion Ban Will Hurt Women of Color More Than Anyone Else

The downstream consequences of restrictive legislation are severe

Ayanna Pressley speaking at a pro-choice rally in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images

In the outcry over the abortion bans, one conversation has been missing: how banning abortion functions as a tool used by those in power to cement existing racial and economic disparities and discrimination, systematically keeping women of color…