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VIEWPOINT 1: As a psychologist, I fear the mental health problems we鈥檒l see post-Roe

The morning the Supreme Court struck down our federal protection for abortion, I reflected on the ruling at home with my son and his girlfriend. For each of us, this ruling was deeply personal. My son expressed anxiety about what would happen if he experienced a birth control mishap.

For his girlfriend, a 19-year-old from Mississippi, the decision left her feeling hopeless, without control of her body and future. She described what she thought would be the devastating effect of denying young people access to abortion in her home state, which mandates abstinence-only sex education and allows pharmacists to refuse requests for emergency contraceptives. Then the last abortion clinic in Mississippi closed on July 6.



M. Antonia Biggs is an associate professor and social psychologist at UC San Francisco鈥檚 Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program.



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