evidence: Factual Background - In June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutionally protected right to access abortion,[2] leaving the question of whether and how to regulate abortion to individual states.[3] As of January 17, 2023, abortion is banned, with extremely limited exceptions, in thirteen states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma.[4] Georgia has banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (effectively outlawing access entirely).[5] Approximately 22 million women and girls of reproductive age (ages 15-49) in the US live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted, and often totally inaccessible.[6] Four states have begun restricting access to medication abortions, including by prohibiting the mailing of medication into their jurisdictions.[7] Meanwhile, at least three states (Texas, Oklahoma, and Idaho) enacted so-called "bounty" laws before the Dobbs decision, empowering private citizens to sue providers who carry out abortions.[8] In continuation of the country’s devaluation of the lives of Black and Brown women, communities of color and of lower socio-economic status are bearing the brunt of these laws.[9] Dozens of clinics have closed across the country since Dobbs was decided,[10] increasing travel time and distance for women seeking care —