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"Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of identity formation, when young
people figure out who they are and who they want to be. One of the ways they do
this is by considering the world around them, paying attention to social issues
and starting to understand their society and their place in it. Laws and
policies signal to young people what society thinks of their value, their role
in society and their opportunities for the future.
But the experience of growing up in the post-
Roe v. Wade era looks very
different from that before the 50-year precedent was overturned in 2022.
Following the
Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision, more than half of U.S.
adolescents, ages 13-19, now live in a state with severely restricted or no
legal abortion access. As a result, today’s young people are coming of age in
what one expert in health law and bioethics has termed an “era of rights
retractions.”
I am a developmental psychologist and population health scientist who studies
adolescent development and sexual and reproductive health, and it is clear to
me from a variety of indicators that, following Dobbs, the experience of
adolescence and young adulthood in America has fundamentally changed.
Abortion bans are not only affecting those who need an abortion – they are
shaping an entire generation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
