Celebs react to leaked SCOTUS Opinion
According to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico, a majority of the US Supreme Court is due to overturn the landmark ruling in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade which codified minimum standards for abortion access in the United States. The draft was written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated in February, according to the Politico report. The 98 page opinion states the original ruling was 'egregiously wrong from the start'. If overturned, other rulings which are also based on the right to privacy (a non-enumerated constitutional right) could be at risk.
REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE
FINALLY GOTTEN THEIR WISH.AFTER 49 YRS
GOP SUPREME COURT
POISED 2 STRIKE DOWN
ROE V WADE.
MY MOM SAID,”WHEN I WAS YOUNG,I HEARD, “KEEP EM BAREFOOT & PREGNANT,”A WOMANS PLACE IS IN THE HOME”,
“WOMEN DONT HAVE
🧠’S 4 BUSINESS”.
“DEATH DUE 2
BACK ALLY ABORTION”
- Cher (@cher) May 3, 2022
How nice that these ideological nuts who don’t care about democracy or the will of the people - who overwhelmingly support a woman’s right to choose - can feel safe inside whilst they eviscerate our rights and condemn women to die. Abortion will never end. Only safe abortions. https://t.co/Zl0GOgv8z8
- Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) May 3, 2022
As the staggeringly partisan, right wing-dominated SCOTUS nudges America closer to Handmaids Tale status, the importance of voting in EVERY election becomes even more obvious. One would hope today’s news erases any further delusions that “both parties are pretty much the same.”
- Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) May 3, 2022
Two unelected people have decided that millions of American women will no longer have a right to make decisions regarding their reproductive health. As we take another big step towards Fascism, never forget: ELECTIONS MATTER!
- Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 3, 2022
Forced birth? Not really. I lived through the abortion ban years. The fact is that there wont be fewer abortions Women will continue to get the abortion they need. Except those abortions wont be safe. Many, many women and girls will be mutilated or die.
- Mia Farrow🇺🇦 (@MiaFarrow) May 3, 2022
Roe v Wade has been overturned. Yes I know. Stay in my lane. Well I’d love to be posting about the met gala but this is the only attendee I care about.
President Hillary Clinton never would’ve let Roe be overturned. pic.twitter.com/nOdkj2miV1
- Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 3, 2022
Forced birth & illegal abortions across state lines is backwards & cruel. The Supreme Court has BECOME the division. Thanks to Alito & his ilk of RW radicals, who are toxic to the Court’s impartiality. Based on his arguments, the Supreme Court is strictly political now. https://t.co/0PTmxcVovG
- Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) May 3, 2022
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- Pedro Pascal he/him (@PedroPascal1) May 3, 2022
I'll edit the post with more reactions as I see them. Remember to support your local abortion fund.
Source: 1 | the draft opinion | My eyes, and twitter