Gay rights after roe v wade

The Dobbs decision is still heartbreaking and has of course been a setback — but the fight for abortion rights is not over. Advocates for reproductive noun around the country possess worked tirelessly over the last year - and long before - to ensure that as many people as possible co

How the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling could impact LGBTQ rights

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Host Tamala Edwards looks at how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could impact the LGBTQ community, with growing concerns that same-sex marriage could be in jeopardy.

Edwards is joined by Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, Ashley Coleman, executive director of Galaei -- a social justice organization focusing on queer, trans, black, indigenous, and POC, to get their seize on the ruling and the events occurring nationwide during Pride.

And later, Actress Sherly Lee Ralph, recipient of the Pioneering Ally award at the Stonewall Awards, speaks about her decades-long mission to stay with the LGBTQ community and why the combat continues for many hoping to obtain basic civil rights.
Also, the panel discusses racial tension in Philadelphia's Gay community and watch back at the Stonewall Awards.

The Philadelphia Gay News presents the Stonewall Awards, honoring leaders in Philadelphia's LGBTQ+ community

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ICYMI: Human Rights Campaign Resources on How the End of Roe v. Wade Impacts the LGBTQ+ Community

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Video Addresses References to Obergefell and Lawrence in Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions

Fact Sheet Shows How Many LGBTQ+ People Desire Access to Abortion

WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in flash of the dangerous Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, released a video from Interim President, Joni Madison, explaining what the decision means for the LGBTQ+ community, including how it could impact Obergefell v. Hodges and Lawrence v. Texas. Additionally, HRC highlighted a fact sheet that illustrates the importance of the protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade to members of the LGBTQ+ community. The data shows that LGBTQ+ people who have been pregnant are more likely to own had unwanted or mistimed pregnancies than cisgender heterosexual women and are more likely to need abortion services as w

What Roe v. Wade's cease could mean for LGBTQ rights

The leaked initial draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion revealing the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling has been overturned has advocates worried about what the precedent’s reversal could mean for the LGBTQ community’s recently gained rights. 

In the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, published by Politico early last month, the high court, in a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, upheld Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and overturned both Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, effectively ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion. 

Should the official decision mirror the leaked draft, LGBTQ advocates worry about the immediate implications on LGBTQ health and whether the court’s willingness to overturn precedent could extend to the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas have already signaled they would fancy to reverse. 

However, LGBTQ advocates caution against too much specu