Reproductive Rights

This year, the Supreme Court let Trump hand employers the power to block their employees from accessing affordable birth control. In coming years, the Court will undoubtedly hear major cases about the right to legal abortion. While five of the justices recently correctly struck down a Louisiana law that would have restricted access to abortion, the right to choose is still at risk from Brett Kavanaugh and the other Republican-appointed justices.

This year, all five Republican-appointed justices ruled to let bosses deny their employees access to affordable birth control. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, requires that health insurance cover birth control at no cost. But the Trump administration wanted to put that access at risk for people across America by letting employers deny access if they claim they have a religious or “moral” objection — and the Republican justices on the Supreme Court sided with Trump.

While the most recent Supreme Court decision about abortion rights was correctly decided, there are still a lot of reasons to be worried about what the five Republican-appointed justices will do next when it comes to abortion rights. Four of the five Republican-appointed justices voted to change the rules and let the law stay in place — even though it was identical to one the Court had ruled unconstitutional just a few years ago — and Chief Justice John Roberts made clear he is likely to let states enact other laws that limit access to abortion. If the Republican-appointed justices keep putting their partisan preferences above the law, they will remain a major threat to abortion rights.