Unleashed Activism

For many of us, the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade might be inspiring a removed sense of horror, rather than the urgency and action it should demand. This privilege – to experience this decision as one disconnected from our own lives – comes from the inherent inequity of our country.

Many of us possess the resources and opportunities to simply skirt the intended bounds of the law, and so, this decision does not feel as urgent as it really is. Many of us would never choose to have an abortion ourselves, and so, it may feel like this decision doesn’t apply to us. Many of us have never experienced what it’s like to be thrust into an unwanted nine-month pregnancy, a child that we never sought out or wanted in the first place, and the litany of physical and emotional ramifications, and so – this decision doesn’t feel quite so pressing at all.

But, whether or not you feel that this decision applies to you alone, does not change the fact that thousands of women’s lives will undoubtedly be destroyed by this decision – your friends, family, neighbors. It will affect those we’re often least likely to hear from, those who do not have the resources we do, but those who will inevitably bear the brunt of a decision made by six unelected individuals imposing their ideological will on the rest of the nation.

This decision should be inspiring urgency in everyone – not just for what’s happening now, and not just for what could happen to you, but what will continue to happen to the rest of our country.