For JFCS Clients, Abortion Restrictions Can Add to Trauma, AZ Jewish Post

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For JFCS Clients, Abortion Restrictions Can Add to Trauma, AZ Jewish Post

Reproductive rights have been a key topic of discussion for clients of Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona since June 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion that had been law since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, says Lily Hanscom, director of clinical services at JFCS. “We’ve heard numerous clients talk about feeling a loss of autonomy over their bodies, a loss of power,” she says, exp…