Roe is likely dead and, again, women are grieving and we grieve with our sisters. But we will never stop fighting for women’s complete reproductive integrity, including the right to abortion on demand, without apology.
The opinion isn’t final, and votes can still change. We suspect that they won’t. The end of the story was already written on May 17, 2021, when the Court chose to take up the case in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It didn’t have to do that. It chose to, in a cruel signal that it doesn’t care about women’s lives.
If the Court proceeds to overturn Roe v. Wade, which seems likely at this point, it will constitute nothing other than a targeted assault on women. A clear majority of Americans think that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. This fact should both enrage us and give us hope; and it may suggest a strategy. Abolition of a woman’s sovereignty over her own body is an autocratic, top-down decision by powerful men to control all women. Historically, the American people have not permitted such laws to stand. It is time to demonstrate one more time why a government cannot enforce a law that restricts the fundamental liberty of a citizenry that overwhelmingly rejects that restriction and openly disobeys the law.
WDI USA will always stand with the women and girls who exercise their right to liberty and autonomy, even if the Court proceeds with this monstrous decision.
Source: WDI USA Statement on the Leaked Opinion in Roe v. Wade | WDI USA
The current global atmosphere against those of us females, is easily being extended to Australia, so: just write a short email to the person you want to vote for with the question “what is a woman?” Good luck!Mia