STAT February 23, 2023
The silence from corporate America amid new attacks on women’s reproductive health care has been deafening. As the federal courts consider whether to override the FDA’s judgment on first-trimester abortion pills, it’s time for health care leaders to speak out about the repercussions of taking away medical sovereignty from 40 million women.
January 2023 marked 50 years since Roe vs. Wade gave Americans the freedom to make difficult, deeply personal medical decisions about their pregnancies based on their unique life circumstances, including potential risks to maternal health.
It took the newly constituted U.S. Supreme Court less than two years to eviscerate that right as it fast-tracked Roe’s reversal with insufficient regard for how their ruling would impact maternal health and...