Impact of the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Ruling on Patients With Cancer

As a nonpartisan organization, the American Cancer Society has an overarching goal to improve the lives of patients with cancer and their families. We believe all individuals should have an equitable opportunity to prevent, find, detect, and survive cancer, irrespective of geography.

The June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v Wade, which conferred a federal constitutional right to an abortion, shifted the authority to determine abortion rights to individual states. The Supreme Court’s ruling will have an immediate and potentially unintended detrimental impact on access to timely, effective cancer care.

“Toward the goal of improving the lives of patients with cancer and their families, it is essential for patients to receive timely, effective, unimpeded access to cancer care.” — Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD

The ASCO Post - August 25, 2022