On Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned the judgment of Roe v. Wade, ending almost 50 years of the right to an abortion in the country.
The decision, carried by five of the nine judges – including three installed by Donald Trump – with one other concurring with their judgment, allows each state to set its own laws on the issue.
As the anti-abortion lobby praised the mostly Catholic judges, God and Trump, here’s what opponents to the move were saying.
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) June 24, 2022
Today is a very solemn moment for the United States.
The Supreme Court expressly took away a Constitutional right from the American people that it had already recognized. They simply took it away. That's never been done to a right that is so important to so many Americans.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 24, 2022
congratulations SCOTUS, now i no longer have control over my own reproductive organs, but 18yo white supremacists can still own an assault weapon, just like the founding fathers wanted it! #RoeVsWade #SupremeCourt #Dobbs #mybodymychoice
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︎ (@annaflavia09012) June 24, 2022
fuck you roberts.
fuck you thomas.
fuck you alito.
fuck you kavanaugh.
fuck you gorsuch.
fuck you coney barrett.— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) June 24, 2022
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) June 24, 2022
250+ mass shootings in the US alone, and a woman’s body is more regulated than a gun. get fucking real.
— logan (@logannschieberr) June 24, 2022
Pro-choice campaigners warned of this development when the anti-choice Donald Trump became a presidential candidate, and this clip shows why.
A clip of Ana Kasparian, host and producer of the liberal political show The Young Turks, which was recorded back in November 2018, has gone viral again because of how beautifully she articulated the problem of religion dictating policy.
@theyoungturks Ana Details An Important Distinction Between Religion And The U.S. Constitution #fyp #foryou #tyt #news #politics #cenkuygur #anakasparian #bible #religion #abortion #abortionrights #abortionrightsarehumanrights #mybodymychoice ♬ original sound – The Young Turks
It’s worth seeing in black and white.
I don’t care if you’re Christian. In fact, I will fight for you to have your religious liberty and practice your Christianity. I believe in that.
I don’t believe in Christianity, which means that you do not get to dictate the way I live my life based on your religion. I don’t care what the Bible says.
You have every right in the world; all those women who identify with your religion have every right in the world to not get an abortion, to not take birth control. But they do not have the right to dictate my life and what I decide to do with my body.
I don’t care about your goddamn religion.
I’m so tired of having non-stop conversations about what the Bible says. You live your life in the way that you interpret the Bible. Again, I don’t care. But you don’t get to take the Bible and tell me “Well the Bible says this in this chapter in this verse”.
I don’t care.
I don’t care, I don’t believe in it – and I have the right, based on our constitution, to not believe in it.
The clip has popped up across all social media platforms. Twitter had this to say about it –
This. All of this. Every word. #RoeVsWade pic.twitter.com/4UbDcjknLd
— Saint Hoax (@SaintHoax) June 24, 2022
“I don’t care about your religion” @AnaKasparian
A recent poll shows 61% of Americans think that abortion should be legal in all or most cases
The overturning of #RoeVsWade by the radical Christian Right, goes against the will of the majority of USpic.twitter.com/YWkICbVPwB
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) June 25, 2022
As a Christian, I 100% support this message: https://t.co/uVJdtJa8MW
— Dr Dominic Pimenta (@DrDomPimenta) June 25, 2022
Imagine if it was not the US but a developing nation. Imagine if it was not Christianity but any other religion. Imagine… https://t.co/nW1Tg7SYdf
— Ghazala Wahab (@ghazalawahab) June 25, 2022
Just Ana Kasparian, just spitting some truth. pic.twitter.com/gqK0XkFKnr
— bekka supp (@valhallabckgirl) June 24, 2022
Ana has made several responses to the Supreme Court’s ruling, including this.
.@AnaKasparian on #roeoverturned #roevswade #tytlive
"We're moving backwards. This country is devolving. Women's ability to make decisions about their own bodies have been stripped away from them." pic.twitter.com/0KdWMAjoYJ
— The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) June 24, 2022
Your move, Mr. President.
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The epic trolling of these ‘pro-lifers’ outside the Supreme Court just gets better and better
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