I agree with you that the U.S Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade depicts a barrier to healthcare delivery. The bill denies U.S women the right to make a choice about their bodies, especially when they are pregnant. The Texas Heartbeat Act was signed into effect in 2021 and prohibits abortions (Cohen et al., 2021). The bill protects unborn babies from when they heart become functional. However, in the state of Texas there is exemption when the pregnancy is out of rape or incest. Unfortunately, women are denied the right to choose on whether to have abortion or not. The bill ignores pertinent reasons that trigger women to engage in abortion. Furthermore, the bill limits evidence-based medical practice (Gordon et al., 2022). Healthcare stakeholders are denied from engaging in research that seeks to improve the safety of abortion due to legal barriers created by this law. The Texas Heartbeat Act exposes expectant women willing to take abortion at risk since some women may trust unreliable healthcare workers for abortion services.

References

Cohen, I. G., Adashi, E. Y., & Gostin, L. O. (2021). The Supreme Court, the Texas abortion law (SB8), and the beginning of the end of Roe v Wade?. JAMA, 326(15), 1473-1474. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17639 Gordon, M. R., Coverdale, J., Chervenak, F. A., & McCullough, L. B. (2022). Undue burdens created by the Texas Abortion Law for vulnerable pregnant women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 226(4), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.12.033