Celebs miffed with US court ruling on abortion laws
From Taylor Swift to Halle Berry and Selena Gomez, a number of Hollywood stars took to social media to voice their angst on the order
The US Supreme Court’s striking down of the right to abortion has left many Hollywood actors and singers in shock. The court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, enshrining a woman’s right to an abortion, stating that individual states can restrict or ban the procedure themselves.
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. The authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” the court said in a 6-3 ruling, as quoted by AFP.
Reacting to this, singer Taylor Swift tweeted, “I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are – that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that.”
“Watching a Constitutional right be stripped away is horrific. A woman should have the right to CHOOSE what she wants to do with her own body. End of story,” tweeted singer Selena Gomez, while an “outraged” Halle Berry wrote, “What the supreme court has done is b ******* . Something has to be done! Guns have more rights than women. Stop this war on women and keep your laws off of our bodies. We have to ban together & NOT accept this! We can’t just post about it, we must DO SOMETHING about it.”
Actor Cynthia Nixon tweeted, “This ruling today at the height of Pride month is particularly devastating. The foundation upon which Roe rested is the same that has protected so many of our rights as LGBTQ+ people. Clarence Thomas says as much. We’re all in this together.”
Calling the court an “absolute disaster”, actor Patricia Arquette said, “From giving people the right to carry guns to taking away women’s rights of autonomy over their own bodies. We weren’t being reactive we saw it coming.”
Taking to her Instagram Stories, actor Jessica Biel wrote, “I am enraged. You should be too. What happened today is not only a disgusting step backward for women — undermining our ability to make decisions about our own bodies… but it’s also dangerous. You didn’t ban abortion. You’ve banned safe access to abortion.”