Today, the sword that has long been hanging over American women’s heads finally fell: the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, ending the nationwide right to an abortion. Nor is the story about the US judiciary’s crumbling legitimacy, or the supreme court’s fractious internal politics. The story is not about the Democratic politicians, whose leadership on abortion rights has been tepid at best, and negligent at worst, since the 1990s. They will not mention their own inaction, persisting for decades in the face of mounting and well-funded rightwing threats to Roe. The real story is women, and the real story is the impossible question: how can we ever grieve enough for them?

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2022 23:03 UTC