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More Than An Abortion Ban: The Rippling Devastation of Losing Roe v. Wade
This is not just legislation or politics, these are our lives, our futures, our basic rights to be seen as equally human.
I want to be coherent, but I’m not sure I know how anymore. The words that rise up within me don’t feel like enough. My feelings crash over me, violent waves in an ocean of incredulous tears. Rage. A twisted stomach. A fire in my heart. Shock (but not surprise, not really). Despair. Disappointment. Confusion. Disbelief.
At the same time, I feel impotent in my devastation. I know I could research, I could provide lists of statistics and logic and real women with real experiences and tell you stories of ectopic pregnancies, and 11-year-old rape victims, and devastating choices. But none of that matters.
Layla now lives in a country where she will grow up with less rights than her mother and grandmother. In a place where her second-class citizenship has been enshrined by the highest court — her life deemed less important than her potential to carry a pregnancy.
And while it’s undeniable that the most marginalized among us will be the most impacted by abortion bans — exponentially so, in fact — that does not mean that everyone else is safe. No one…