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There’s no other way to say it: Today is a sad day for America. Just one month after Politico reported a leaked draft opinion, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion and reversing nearly 50 years of precedent. The leak may have given us a heads up, but that didn’t make the official decision—which came on Friday—any less painful. “I am heartbroken,” Michelle Obama wrote on Twitter. “We may now be destined to learn the painful lessons of a time before Roe was made law of the land—a time when women risked losing their lives getting illegal abortions.” This is what “our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers lived through,” Obama added, “and now here we are again.”
The former First Lady is just one of many activists, politicians, thought leaders, and celebrities to voice their reactions on social media. Hillary Clinton said the SCOTUS opinion will “live in infamy as a step backward for women’s rights and human rights.” Actress Keke Palmer wrote that she is “past disgusted w/ my country and their constant inability to protect one another’s right & keep their word. How u overturning the wrong things? So many things to overturn that make sense. But this is what you chose??” On Twitter, West Side Story star Rachel Zegler asked: “why the fuck don’t you care about us? why the fuck do you think you have any say over our bodies?”
Given the decision, more than half the states in the U.S. are now likely to ban abortion. Below, a list of reactions to the SCOTUS ruling that will make reproductive health care inaccessible for millions.
My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/9ALSbapHDY— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama)
Most Americans believe the decision to have a child is one of the most sacred decisions there is, and that such decisions should remain between patients and their doctors.Today’s Supreme Court opinion will live in infamy as a step backward for women's rights and human rights.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)
Overturning Roe and outlawing abortions will never make them go away.It only makes them more dangerous, especially for the poor + marginalized.People will die because of this decision. And we will never stop until abortion rights are restored in the United States of America.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC)
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.— Barack Obama (@BarackObama)
I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are - that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that. https://t.co/mwK561oxxl— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
I’m past disgusted w/ my country and their constant inability to protect one another’s right & keep their word. How u overturning the wrong things? So many things to overturn that make sense. But this is what you chose??— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer)
For 50 years, Roe v. Wade safeguarded the right to choose for millions of women in Georgia + nationwide.Today, the Supreme Court struck down abortion rights.I am appalled. Enraged. Undaunted & ready to fight back.Our freedom matters. Our rights matter. We will not be still. pic.twitter.com/cfC8QLrxcN— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams)
What @SCOTUS has done is unconscionable. We continue to fight -LMM https://t.co/cCt1XOHI6Z— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
There are so many things that need to be fixed in this country right now- 240 characters aren’t enough. The fact that controlling a woman’s rights was top priority- it just tells you everything you need to know. It’s about control, not care.— quinta brunson (@quintabrunson)
why the fuck don’t you care about us? why the fuck do you think you have any say over our bodies?— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler)
They will never end abortion.Only safe abortion.This is not about life. It’s about control.Those motherfuckers. https://t.co/m9eAebqQcW— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush)
GUNS HAVE MORE RIGHTS THEN MY DAUGHTERS.— Lea Thompson (@LeaKThompson)
People will still get abortions. These procedures won't stop just because Roe v. Wade is overturned.This will only prevent safe, legal abortions from taking place.— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi)
comfort to every human being who feels afraid right now. i feel afraid too. it is okay to feel afraid and tender now. soon, the anger returns and we fight like bloody hell. first the pain, then the mother fucking rising.— Glennon Doyle (@GlennonDoyle)
Sad day to be an American 🇺🇸 between Roe vs. Wade & NYC gun laws being struck down 😞— Aly & AJ (@alyandaj)
This is actually happening.— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes)
Now I get to tell my daughters that we have to fight harder so we can have the same rights as guns— Meena Harris (@meena)
I have nothing nice to say at this moment in time.— Ariana DeBose (@ArianaDeBose)
And so it goes….Gutted. Now more than ever we have to use our voice and power! WE the people……🙏🏿🙏🏿https://t.co/8gFi0AbNSQ— Viola Davis (@violadavis)
