Roe Reckonings: The Fight, The Fallout, The Future
Highs
Telehealth abortions surge
In the US, telemedicine abortion care has jumped to around 27 per cent of all procedures this year, up from just 5 per cent before Roe fell. For people in hostile states, telehealth is survival and a vital counterweight to legislative chokeholds.
🔗 https://people.com/telehealth-abortions-have-increased-27-percent-in-2025-in-the-wake-of-roe-v-wade-being-overturned-11865711
Lows
Big states take new swings at reproductive freedom
Texas and Florida have filed a joint lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), aiming to restrict access to mifepristone – even after generic drugs were approved. Their “safety concern” rhetoric fools no one; it’s political interference dressed up as public health stewardship.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/10/texas-florida-sue-fda-abortion-pill-approval
Tech censorship hits reproductive info
Meta has reportedly taken down more than 50 accounts tied to abortion advice, queer communities and reproductive-health support worldwide. When platforms silence the people offering safe-care guidance, they’re not being neutral, they’re endangering users.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content
Missouri’s ballot meddling exposed
A state appeals court has forced a rewrite of anti-abortion ballot language after ruling it misleading. Those in power will even manipulate the phrasing of democracy to suppress reproductive freedom.
🔗 https://apnews.com/article/fa52c65a679621f313e6a2b34b1d9443
Lessons
1. Access adapts, but rights must be protected.
Telehealth’s rise is a testament to ingenuity and resilience, but it’s no substitute for structural rights. Workarounds shouldn’t be the foundation of care.
🔗 https://people.com/telehealth-abortions-have-increased-27-percent-in-2025-in-the-wake-of-roe-v-wade-being-overturned-11865711
2. The legal attacks aren’t slowing, they’re mutating.
From pills to providers to packaging rules, anti-abortion states are targeting every technical seam in the system.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/10/texas-florida-sue-fda-abortion-pill-approval
3. Digital platforms are now frontline battlegrounds.
When Meta removes accounts offering vital health information, it creates deserts of misinformation that anti-choice actors thrive in. Moderation decisions are political whether they admit it or not.
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content
4. Words matter – especially on ballots.
Misleading language is a weapon. Courts having to intervene shows just how far some will go to manipulate public understanding and voter choice.
🔗 https://apnews.com/article/fa52c65a679621f313e6a2b34b1d9443
Final thoughts
From courtroom chicanery to tech-platform purges, the past few days have made one thing brutally clear: reproductive rights are being chipped away from every angle, wrapped in bureaucracy, sanctimony and manufactured morality. But the surge in telehealth care and the swelling public pushback show something else too: this movement is nimble, organised and absolutely not going anywhere.
The far right may be loud, but we’re louder, sharper and relentless.
Autonomy isn’t up for negotiation.
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