On June 25, 2022 in Washington D.C., Activist Nadine Seiler wears tape on her mouth with the words "Second Class Citizen" while protesting in front of the Supreme Court building following the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in Washington DC, USA. “Upon the decision by the Supreme Court of America to control the ability of people with uteruses - to make decisions, for our own bodies thus our lives - we were immediately related to the 2nd class citizenship,” Nadine says.
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.
The world shifted on June 24, 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 50-year-old decision that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to have an abortion. Thousands of abortion-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization case in Washington, DC. Activists and abortion rights advocates have questioned why the White House apparently did not have a contingency plan for such a landmark decision, given that a draft opinion leaked nearly two months beforehand had given fair warning the ruling was on the horizon.
The world shifted on June 24, 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 50-year-old decision that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to have an abortion. Thousands of abortion-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization case in Washington, DC. Activists and abortion rights advocates have questioned why the White House apparently did not have a contingency plan for such a landmark decision, given that a draft opinion leaked nearly two months beforehand had given fair warning the ruling was on the horizon.
The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority, followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating that the Justices would overturn Roe v Wade. The decision by five of the Court’s nine justices will allow each state to set its own abortion laws, leading to a patchwork of access throughout the country. With the new ruling, 13 states have made it illegal to have abortions, drug stores have begun removing Plan B from the shelves, and women are left wondering why the court system is so concerned with our Uterus. The result is expected to be an uptick in the number of women traveling out of state for abortions, as well as unsafe abortions in states where the medical procedure will now be banned or heavily restricted. Unfortunately, this ruling won’t end abortions, but it will begin the process of problematic procedures that will make vulnerable women.
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