Roe V. Wade: The Impact of The Overruled Policy on Women’s Well-Being

Abstract

In the United States, a significant number of pregnancies end in miscarriage or abortion each year. Yet a significant number of abortions also end in maternal death. Thus, in this case, the protection of women's reproductive freedom to abort and the safeguarding of maternal health in the event of abortion is a matter related to human rights and equality. The purpose of this paper is to outline the effects on women's social status, physical and mental health, and spillover effects by analyzing Roe v. Wade, which had a huge impact in the United States, and Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade. This paper concludes from the analysis that the fall of Roe v. Wade has deprived women of the safety of abortion and has negatively impacted women in a variety of ways for women in need of abortion. At the same time, as a superpower, the US abortion policy has had an impact on many other countries around the world. If the negative externalities of the Roe v. Wade reversal are to be addressed, society as a whole and policymakers should take a more humane and holistic view of women in need of abortions and develop policies that are more conducive to protecting their safety and human rights.