Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Women of color and low-income women are among the most vulnerable parties affected by restrictive abortion policies. This study investigates the accessibility-related impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade by researching Planned Parenthood’s Texas system and services, with a primary interest in abortion care. The state’s longstanding conservative political stance provides a rich landscape to study the long-term effects of conservative reproductive policies. The study’s approach is founded on feminist theory methodology, which recognizes issues on feminism and analyzes the systems that perpetrate the injustice of interest. The reproductive injustice catalyzed by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, thereby releasing abortion rights from federal protection, is the prime focus of this study. Data is presented in the form of a map representing the decline of abortive care access via Planned Parenthood from 2014 to 2023. Additionally, this research builds upon the work of previous scholars, which identifies how the social determinants of health disproportionately affect abortion access among marginalized women.
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Medical Humanities
Publication Date
12-1-2024
Language
English
Faculty Mentor of Honors Project
Jennifer Woo and Eli Shupe
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Prox, Bijahn M., "Investigating Abortion Care for Women of Color and Low-income Women in a Post-Roe Texas: Studying Abortion Accessibility Via Planned Parenthood" (2024). 2024 Fall Honors Capstone Projects. 16.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/honors_fall2024/16