BGV STATEMENT ON OVERTURN OF ROE V. WADE
Black women predicted this day was coming, but the blow is still just as devastating. The result places our right to bodily autonomy in the hands of state governments who do not often protect us. As of now, 26 states with abortion ban laws on the books have been triggered by the 6-3 ruling.
We know that this will not be the end of abortions in this country. Instead, this has immediately thrown us back to a dark time, when women risked their lives to get illegal abortions. Governments should not dictate when, how, or the means in which pregnancies are terminated. That right belongs to our people.
Black women are disproportionately affected by the SCOTUS decision — a decision is not the will of the people. The majority (68%) of Black people believe abortion should remain legal in all or most cases according to a Pew Research Center Survey. In a recent national survey of Black women voters, 79% of Black women surveyed oppose the overturn of Roe, and 88% say it makes them more motivated to vote.
Black women have been and continue to be on the frontlines of this fight. But this is only the beginning. Sadly, this decision also calls many of our other rights defended by Roe v. Wade into question, such as same-sex marriage, and contraception. As we organize, vote, demonstrate, and rally for our rights, we must be vigilant. Now more than ever, we must hold our elected officials accountable, particularly those who are appointing the judges who decide on the law of this land.
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