We Need a Fighting Abortion Rights Movement Now More Than Ever
The likely demise of Roe v. Wade is a crushing blow for abortion rights. And Democrats won’t save us — we need to fight back with a mass movement in the streets that boldly pushes for reproductive justice.
Maya Rezemde Tsao, Shelby Pullen, and Julia Glassen, all holding hangers, chant in unison as abortion rights demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
According to an initial draft majority opinion that was leaked on Monday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided in a preliminary vote to strike down the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade in 1973.
It’s a crushing blow to the abortion rights movement, but it’s not the end of the fight. Going forward, we will need to rethink our strategies and brace for the hard battles ahead.
The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, takes a hard-line position against the constitutional right to abortion, saying that states can criminalize abortion with no exceptions for rape and incest. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” writes Alito. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
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