Report on "Deepening the Divide: Abortion Bans Further Harm Immigrant Communities"

A new fact sheet has been published on the harms of abortion bans to immigrant communities. This report was authored by Lucie Arvallo, Hannah Liu, Suma Setty, Priya Pandey, Salen Andrews, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, and the Center for Law and Social Policy. The introduction is excerpted here: 

Im/migrants, especially those who are undocumented and those in mixed-status families, are particularly vulnerable to the harmful impacts of abortion bans due to the barriers they face in accessing health care and the increased risk of criminalization based on immigration status. These barriers and risks include arbitrary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) checkpoints, a five-year waiting period for legal permanent residents to enroll in public health insurance programs, agreements between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, and increasing anti-immigrant state policies. Individuals in immigration detention face additional threats to their reproductive health and overall well-being, including medically unnecessary gynecological procedures like forced hysterectomies and denial of abortion care. This fact sheet highlights how Dobbs compounded pre-existing barriers to abortion care for im/migrants. We propose a set of concrete recommendations for Congress and the administration to support im/migrant access to abortion.