On the Right to Choose: What Leading Women’s Health Advocates Say
When the Supreme Court overturned its own nearly 50-year-old ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade, which had created federal protection for abortion, millions of people spoke out; and many were shocked speechless. Some turned to the words of wise women and shared eloquent comments that captured the emotions stirred by this loss of reproductive freedom.Here are some of our favorite voices, both from the social media conversation after the June 24, 2022, decision and from previously published statements about birth control and a woman’s right to choose.“Let me be clear: This won’t put an end to abortions. It will only put an end to safe abortions.”― Stacey Abrams, Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, on Twitter“Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as…