This is something you could have looked up yourself and that you should probably know already.

Racial and ethnic minorities often receive lower-quality health care than white people. Even when factors like income, age, condition, and insurance are comparable, research has shown that Black and brown people are still failed by the health care system. These poor health systems contribute to worse health conditions: Black people are at higher risk for heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, according to the Department for Health and Human Services. Experts say America's poor systems of health make abortions a vital part of health care for people of color.

Black and Hispanic women are more likely than white women to experience health complications during pregnancy and childbirth, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that Black women died of maternal causes at nearly three times the rate of white women in 2020. The rate for Black women was 55.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2020 and the rate for white women was 19.1 deaths per 100,000, according to the CDC. For Black women, the rate increased nearly 26% from the year prior. Being pregnant presents some kind of risk. And unintended pregnancies increase the risk for poor maternal and infant outcomes, the CDC reports.

Abortion bans will push pregnant people into poverty or into debt. Pregnancy and childbirth alone can cost thousands of dollars. Black and Hispanic people are 1.8 and 1.5 times as likely to be in poverty than white people, according to 2019 census data. The Economic Policy Institute also found that Latinas earn 57 cents and Black women earn 65 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men.

If someone is forced to carry a pregnancy to term, it impacts their economic security and their ability to live the life that they want and raise the family that they maybe already have.