Nina Huang is a California high school student who is thinking about where she wants to go for college.Until recently, she was considering Oberlin College in the state of Ohio.Huang, who plays flute and piano, hopes to one day also study medicine or law.Oberlin is known for having strong academic and music programs.But last month, she changed her mind.“I don’t want to go to school in a state where there is an abortion ban,” she said.Ohio is one of the states that now has strong restrictions on abortion, a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy.On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that protected abortion rights throughout the United States.The court’s decision permits individual states to go back to old rules or put new restrictions on abortion in place.Huang had been thinking Oberlin’s good academic reputation and strong music classes might make it a good fit for her.But not anymore.Huang is not the only high school student re-thinking their college choices.
