Celebrities React To Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade
Stars take to social media to protest the historic sweeping illegalization of abortions.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 24: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks to Abortion-rights activists after the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erases a federal right to an abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The devastating news of the overturning of Roe v. Wade has shocked Americans. After being in place for 50 years, the Supreme Court has ruled to eliminate the constitutional right in a 5-3 decision. Here are politicians, activists, and celebrities reacting to the historic legislation on social media.
Stacey Abrams, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Georgia
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.
This decision is wrong, and to make matters worse, the solution to this problem hit a procedural roadblock in Congress that shouldn’t even exist. The filibuster, a relic of the Jim Crow era, is keeping us from protecting women in America.
— Martin Luther King III (@OfficialMLK3) June 24, 2022
Rep. Cori Bush (MO)
Abortion care IS health care. It was so before this. And it will remain so after this.
We don’t care what a far-right extremist Supreme Court that is in a crisis of legitimacy says. Your racist, sexist, classist ruling won’t stop us from accessing the care we need.
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??
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.
This Supreme Court decision is devastating for millions of women and pregnant people across the country.
I am outraged this right-wing court is turning the clock back on generations of progress and prohibiting individuals to have autonomy over their bodies.
I was born in the BX in 1973. The year of Roe. My mom was 22 in college. The ‘decision’ was made but the ‘safety’ the law provided didn’t hit the hood right away. And so my mom made the safe choice. Today’s decision isn’t going to stop abortion. Just safe choices.
In a span of less than 24 hours, the Supreme Court has ruled that it cares less about women than it cares about guns, less about life than it cares about death.
So the pro-life justices on the Supreme Court ruled that a state (NYC) couldn’t decide whether people could conceal the gun they’re carrying, but they think states should be able to decide whether a woman carries a pregnancy to term? pic.twitter.com/TuWNOTLJvY
Be clear, the United States ranks 50th in the world for mortality deaths. More Black women die trying to bring a baby to full term than by having an abortion!! #FACTS people!!
For all but two years of my life, a woman has had the right to choose what to do with her body, that is until today. A lifetime of freedom is now gone. https://t.co/JpgVF7I6pn
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) June 24, 2022
