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“Let’s be clear—today’s decision is not a win by any stretch of the imagination,” said Nourbese Flint, the president of the reproductive rights organization All* Above All. “This case had no business making it to the highest court of the land and should’ve been struck down to begin with. Any attempt to restrict medication abortion care falls hardest on those already marginalized by our health care system, who need the privacy and convenience that medication abortion offers—and that’s exactly what anti-abortion politicians and judges are after.”

Nourbese Flint, president of abortion advocacy group All* Above All, shares the concerns. “Let’s be clear – today’s decision is not a win by any stretch of the imagination,” Flint said. “While the Supreme Court did the bare minimum today, we know anti-abortion extremists aren’t stopping any time soon.”

“While they were unsuccessful today, this case was borne out of a plan by anti-abortion, anti-democratic forces to weaponize the courts and to seize power from the people by any means necessary,” said a statement from Nourbese Flint, the president of the pro-abortion group All* Above All.

Nourbese Flint, president of the reproductive justice group All* Above All, told Jezebel that Roe “is the floor, not the ceiling” when it comes to the presidential administration’s obligations to protect and expand reproductive rights. “We know there’s been an onslaught, there always has been, of disinformation about abortion,” Flint said.

“Florida now joins the growing number of states where extremist politicians have banned abortion and pushed care out of reach, deepening the ongoing abortion care crisis we’re in,” said Nourbese Flint, the president of All* Above All Action Fund, in a statement. “The harm will fall hardest on people who already face systemic barriers to care and can’t afford to travel even further. For these folks, Florida’s ban may be the difference between getting an abortion or being denied.”

“The people who would be most harmed are those who for nearly 50 years have borne the brunt of restrictions like [the] Hyde Amendment, ongoing economic injustice, and now growing abortion bans: Black and brown communities, young folks, immigrants, and other marginalized people,” said Flint. “I cannot understate, anti-abortion politicians, judges, and lobbyists were never going to stop at Dobbs, and we know that they won’t stop with medication abortion.”

Nourbese Flint, president of All* Above All, responded to the budget in a statement released last week, stating that she’s glad to see Hyde eliminated from the budget. “The harm of Hyde is now compounded by the fallout of the Dobbs decision. Ahead of a presidential election where our fundamental freedoms are on the line, Congress must act with urgency to end this cruel restriction once and for all so that no one is denied abortion coverage just because they’re working to make ends meet. Abortion justice can’t wait,” she said.

“Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe, Black and Brown people were bearing the brunt of abortion restrictions. Abortion coverage bans like the Hyde Amendment fall hardest on Black and Latinx people, who are more likely to be enrolled in Medicaid,” said Nourbese Flint, president of All* Above All, a group that works to ensure abortion access

Nourbese Flint, president of All* Above All, told theGrio that the Alabama ruling “signals a disturbing and dangerous development in [the court’s] attempt to control people’s decisions.”

Nourbese Flint, president of All* Above All, told theGrio that the Alabama ruling “signals a disturbing and dangerous development in [the court’s] attempt to control people’s decisions.”