On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The decision ruled that the federal Constitution does not contain a right to abortion. As of August 2023, 26 states either have either completely banned or severely restricted abortion.

In the last year, a wide range of organizations representing professionals in many industries, including health, medicine, law, education, labor, social science, and human rights, as well as private businesses and religious organizations, have issued statements opposing the decision and further restrictions on reproductive rights.

These statements emphasize the far-reaching opposition of professional groups to restricting access to abortion, an opposition based on their expertise and assessment of the direct impacts of abortion restrictions. They also describe broad and significant harms that will result from the Dobbs decision and the restriction of abortion care, including undermining the professional expertise and ethical obligations of health care practitioners, causing worse health outcomes for all pregnant people, undermining public trust in the legal system, causing criminalization of health care, and more. In addition, they describe how the Court’s reasoning and the restrictive regimes it authorizes are at odds with standards of care, the science of pregnancy, the historical record, and economic security.

These statements are collected in the spreadsheet below.

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In order to submit additional statements for inclusion on this page or to express your organization or business’s interest in making a statement, please fill out this form. A model statement that can be modified for this purpose is linked here.