The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion rights will impose serious consequences on women, especially from low incomeareas and minorities. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion, insisting that women reserve the right to an abortion without extreme government control. However, based on the leaked information surrounding the Supreme Court’s decisionand the video “Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa” the choice to overturn abortion rights will disproportionately affect low income and minority women,drastically exposing their lives to danger. Although the draft “does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any members on the issue in the case,” the idea of such a thought is an egregious breach of trust (Gerstein and Alexander 1).

The Hyde Amendment of 1976 legislated against the government’s intervention to help women seeking abortion with financial aid. The vetoed funding bill for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (WEV) disproportionately affects minorities and low-income families. The video “Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa” shows how low income and minority women struggle with abortion, even when pregnancy possesses immediate risk to the mother.The implications of illegalization of abortion will impact medical facilities.

Various pro-abortion individuals have acknowledged that medical institutions that have been providing women with abortion procedures need to brace for a future where they will be punished and criminalized for providing abortion care.It is inconceivable to fathom how women can be punished and criminalized for opting for a procedure that directly impacts their life and health.

One of the arguments that the former Republic Congressman, Henry Hyde of Illinois proposed was that the American federal government voted against WEV because it was supposedly standing up for the rights of the unborn child. However, he spoke like the government truly cares about everyone equally. Many of the individuals impacted by the Hyde Amendment are the low income and minority families. If the government truly cared for them, it would enact various measures that enhance economic equity. Furthermore, abortion is neither the immediate nor pressing issue for minority and low-income families. The argument that the anti-abortion bill is standing up for minority and low-income children is not true, because what happens for those unplanned children once they are born. Are they simply forgotten, or do they not matter anymore? 25% of Medicaid beneficiaries seeking an abortion carry unplanned pregnancies to term because of the Hyde Amendment (“Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa”).Low-income and minorities are forced to see their pregnancies to term. If one can barely afford to care for themselves, how is it that they are forced to bring another human being into a situation of suffering and pain?