The now infamous Supreme Court draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, repealing Roe v. Wade, is not just a shameful ransacking of a 50-year-old precedent, it is an epic assault on the fundamental right of women to participate as equals in American society.
Roe is not just about the medical procedure of abortion and protecting women’s health and lives, it is also about women’s autonomy, dignity and status as citizens. A woman’s choice whether or not to bear a child lies at the very core of her being, and when politicians seize control of that choice, she is relegated to second class citizenship and deemed incapable of making her own life decisions.
Justice Alito’s opinion railroads women back to the 1960s, when we endured the powerlessness and humiliation of having male politicians determine our childbearing choices. I lived through those times, and will fight like hell against those who would force my daughters and granddaughter to surrender their rights.
