“We know that the economic consequences will have impacts for generations,” Farrell says.
TODAY: Denied an abortion, she raised a child: One Mississippi mom shares her story
June 30. 2023
ERA Executive Director Noreen Farrell was interviewed by the Today Show’s TODAY.com about the impacts of new restrictive abortion laws for individuals who get pregnant across the country.
“Research suggests that tens of thousands of people are being forced to carry their pregnancy to term,” Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, a non-profit gender justice organization that supports abortion rights, tells TODAY.com.
“It’s estimated that US maternal deaths will increase by 24%,” Farrell says. “For Black women, deaths could rise by as much as 39%.”
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