Showing posts with label impact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impact. Show all posts

Saturday, July 13, 2024

The Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations

The fiery loss of businesses and homes at the hands of a white racist mob in 1921 in the Greenwood district, once considered to be the "Black Wall Street" of America, was not only about loss of life but also loss of Black wealth. … 

Generations of Black Oklahomans lost out on homes and businesses that could've been potentially passed on and uplifted those coming behind to a new economic status of prosperity and opportunity…

Abortion bans' impact: Senate report highlights travel, access issues

"At least 23 million women of reproductive age nationwide live in states with abortion bans. That's 23 million women who won't have access to care if they become pregnant and need to have an abortion," Cantwell said at a press conference Tuesday previewing the report. "Women … are in life-threatening situations and are being denied access to care." …

Monday, May 16, 2022

Turnaway Study offers insights on the impact of losing access to abortion : Shots - Health News : NPR

"Consistent with the medical literature, carrying a pregnancy to term and delivering a child is much more physically risky than having an abortion, even a later abortion. We see much more severe physical health complications from birth, including most tragically, two women who died after delivery — one died of an infection and one died of a very common pregnancy complication. 
The other area that we see big differences is in socioeconomic well-being. This is not just about poverty, although we see that people who are denied abortions are more likely to live in households where there just isn't enough money for basic living needs... 
And they're more likely to be raising children alone if they are denied the abortion than if they receive one. They're equally likely to be in a relationship, whether they received or were denied an abortion. But those who receive the abortion report that their relationship is higher quality. So it's changing fundamental aspects of people's lives, including their chance at having children later under better circumstances…"







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