ACLU Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Decision in Emergency Abortion Case

WASHINGTON – In response to the leaked opinion in Moyle v. United States, Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, released the following statement:

“If the leaked opinion is accurate, it is clear that pregnant people are not out of the woods — not by a longshot. Make no mistake: The Supreme Court had the opportunity to hold once and for all that every pregnant person has the basic right to emergency abortion care, but it appears it failed to do so. As a result, the health and lives of pregnant people across the country will continue to be at risk. Even with a temporary reprieve, the chaos and confusion caused by abortion bans will still prevent doctors from providing appropriate medical care to patients when they need them the most. In fact, several justices indicated that they would allow states to throw doctors in jail for providing emergency abortion care.

“It should not be lost that anti-abortion politicians went all the way to the Supreme Court to deny pregnant people the right to emergency care, and we know that their campaign to ban abortion, including in emergencies, in all 50 states, is far from over. We need to take these extremists seriously when they show us they’re coming for every aspect of our reproductive lives.”