Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.

1/21/2026
by David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe

Now, almost three and a half years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the numbers are clear that abortion in the United States has, to the shock of most, continued to rise. But we also have data showing that a small but not trivial number of people are continuing their pregnancies to birth due to abortion bans. To us, what this shows is clear: that overturning Roe has prompted ingenuity, persistence and resistance among providers and patients, but is also leaving many people behind. Ultimately, this is no way to deliver healthcare.

As long-time students of the abortion issue in America, we were not surprised when the Supreme Court, in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in 2022, overturned Roe, putting the legality of abortion in the hands of individual states.

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