Month: May 2022

This map depicts the states that will be most impacted by climate change and where women are most likely to lose their reproductive rights if the Supreme Court Strikes down Roe v. Wade. The climate crisis is a prevailing challenge closely linked with reproductive injustice. Of all the states likely or certain to ban abortion if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, a majority was graded "C" or below by Climate Central and ICF International for their climate change preparedness.  The intersection doesn't stop here. The intensity of Hurricane Harvey--exacerbated by climate change--forced abortion clinics to close down. Texas's anti-abortion legislation, coupled with storm-caused logistical and financial barriers, meant that many people went without essential care. Commun...

By Sophie Cao The Constitution begins with the phrase “We the people” and with it, the American government establishes our defining democratic process. On the outside, America truly appears to have one of the highest functioning democracies in the world. After all, there are checks and balances between the three branches of government, amendments protecting individual rights to free speech, no religious obligations, local governments, state governments, and federal governments–– all with policymakers elected by voters. Additionally, there is a multi-party political system in America, which gives voices to a wide range of political opinions.  However, the pillars of democracy in the United States are gradually crumbling apart as a result of two main gaps. One gap in the democrat...

By Krish Gupta With the recent leak of the revised draft of Roe v. Wade, women all around the country have to worry about whether they will have the power to make decisions about their own bodies. It will soon be up to state governments to decide whether women can or cannot have abortions, which would control women even more than patriarchal governance already does. If the conservative Supreme Court can overturn such an important court case that affects people all across the country, what is stopping them from overturning other important cases? What if they overturn essential environmental decisions? Unfortunately, even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade became a possibility, necessary Supreme Court environmental cases mostly relating to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hav...