The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to effectively overturn the constitutional right to an abortion granted in Roe v. Wade presents a thicket of legal concerns and “chaos” for providers across the country, experts say.
With this opinion, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute. There are also so-called zombie laws that have been on the books since before Roe but have been unenforceable since the landmark abortion rights case was decided nearly five decades ago, Healthcare Dive reports.
Still, the fallout from Friday’s opinion will be felt by providers, medical groups and hospitals across the country, according to Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak, who practices healthcare law at Brach Eichler.
“People are not prepared for the level of chaos this can create,” she said. Read more.
