Texas Equal Access Fund Reacts To Supreme Court Decision To Shred Abortion Rights

For Immediate Release
June 24, 2022

Dallas, TX: Earlier today the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and overturn Roe v. Wade. and Planned Parenthood v Casey.

Kamyon Conner, executive director of Texas Equal Access Fund released the following statement:

“The Supreme Court has destroyed the last shreds of our national right to abortion, without concern for our dignity and basic human rights. This does not come as a surprise. Last year, the Court refused to grant Texans relief from SB 8, the cruel and unjust abortion ban in Texas. The Justices have once again shown their utter disregard for people who need abortions and are bowing down to the whims of white supremacists and extremists. 

We are learning in real time of the potential impact of a post-Roe ban in Texas going into effect after the Dobbs decision. Due to the uncertainty and risk of what the decision could bring, we are pausing funding today until we have had a chance to understand the decision.

From the beginning, extremists have been targeting us. As we saw with SB8, there is an organized body of anti-abortion extremists that will use the pre-Roe abortion laws as part of a concerted campaign to intimidate and harass abortion funds in Texas even when we help people access legal abortion, whether here or in other states.

Abortion fund staff and volunteers could be at risk of arrest and involvement with the racist criminal justice system. As a Black, Indigenous and people of color led organization, we are holding the weight of this. We are working diligently to get clarity on what services and information sharing we can safely resume and when. Doing so will take a few weeks at minimum and maybe even more time but please be assured that we will update you as soon as we have more information.

What is happening is not right, fair, or just. It's a blatant disregard for people that we know and love as well as to people we may never know but would have supported. Abortions help people who don’t want to be pregnant or can’t be pregnant due to medical reasons. Everyone should be able to access abortion care without stigma or barriers.'