Nick Begich Lauded The Supreme Court For The Dobbs Decision

Begich “Celebrated The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision” Overturning Roe V. Wade And Said The Supreme Court Was “Correct” In Doing So. “Both Begich and Palin celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, handed down on Friday, that reversed federal protections for abortion access guaranteed in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. […] Alaska’s constitution still guarantees abortions will remain accessible in the state, and previous surveys have indicated that a majority of Alaskans support abortion access. ‘I think the court was correct in returning this issue to the states and here in the state of Alaska. … it will now become a discussion for our state Legislature,’ Begich said.” [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/28/22]

Begich Supported The Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision And Opposed Congressional Efforts To Guarantee Abortion Rights. “In campaign events, conversations with reporters and at public forums, Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich say they support the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows states to ban the practice and that they oppose congressional efforts to guarantee abortion rights.” [Alaska Beacon, 8/9/22]

• American Bar Association: “Abortion Bans Are Forcing Medical Professionals To Deviate From The Standard Of Care.” “Preliminary results of a study by researchers at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) contain stories from medical providers offering obstetric and gynecologic care post-Dobbs, showing that abortion bans are forcing medical professionals to deviate from the standard of care and leading to delays in care and adverse health outcomes. A joint study by Physicians for Human Rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice found widespread confusion about Oklahoma’s abortion laws at hospitals throughout the state, showing how near-total abortion bans fuel confusion about clinicians’ ability to provide care during obstetric emergencies, with risk to the lives, health, and safety of pregnant people. States passing abortion bans have been found to have high maternal mortality rates and insufficient maternal health providers.” [American Bar Association, 7/26/23]
• Dobbs Decisions Counters Human Rights And World Health Organization Guidance. “Over the past 25 years, international human rights experts and mechanisms have recognized that restrictive abortion laws violate human rights, including rights to life, privacy, health, equality and non-discrimination, and freedom from cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment. Many of these protections are contained in treaties ratified by the United States. For example, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by the United States in 1992, protects the right to life, which limits the restrictions that states can place on abortion access and obligates governments to ensure access to abortion services. United Nations (UN) human rights experts explained the full scope of human rights protections for abortion access in an amicus brief filed in Dobbs. Human rights experts and the global community have widely condemned the Dobbs decision and its discriminatory impacts on marginalized communities.” [American Bar Association, 7/26/23]
• Women Of Color Are More Likely To Face Aggressive Abortion Restrictions. “About six in ten Black (60%) and AIAN (59%) women ages 18-49 living in states with abortion bans or restrictions compared with just over half (53%) of White, less than half of Hispanic (45%), and about three in ten Asian (28%) and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI) (29%) women ages 18-49. […] Among women ages 18-49, roughly a fifth of AIAN (22%) and Hispanic (21%) women are uninsured as are 14% of NHPI women and 11% of Black women compared with less than one in ten (7%) of White women. Moreover, uninsured rates for women ages 18-49 are at least twice as high in states that banned abortion compared to those in states with broader access for White (10% vs. 5%), Hispanic (33% vs. 15%), Black (14% vs. 7%), and Asian (10% vs. 5%) women, and nearly three times higher for NHPI women (29% vs. 10%).” [KFF, 4/24/24]