Friday’s overturning of Roe v. Wade eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in the US and has caused an uproar among a mass of Americans. The ruling has even triggered reactions from notable names like former President Barack Obama and forever First Lady Michelle Obama, Kelly Rowland, Ellen DeGeneres, Taylor Swift, Andy Cohen and more.
“Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans,” the former commander in chief said on Twitter Friday.
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 24, 2022
The former First Lady took to social media with a statement of her own. “I am heartbroken today. I am heartbroken for people around this country who just lost the fundamental right to make informed decisions about their bodies,” Obama wrote in a lengthy statement. “I am heartbroken that we may now be destined to learn the painful lessons of a time before Roe was made law of the land – a time when women risked losing their lives getting illegal abortions.”
My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/9ALSbapHDY
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 24, 2022
TV producer Andy Cohen called Friday a sad day in “Twisted” America.
What a sad day for this country. Guns for everybody and no reproductive rights. Twisted. Twisted.
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) June 24, 2022
Popstar Taylor Swift retweeted Michelle Obama’s statement with a message of her own noting the decision to overturn Roe has stripped women’s rights to their own bodies.
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. https://t.co/mwK561oxxl
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 24, 2022
Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson also shared her thoughts about the “many” other issues that should have been prioritized instead of “controlling a woman’s rights.”
https://twitter.com/quintabrunson/status/1540368618885480450?s=12&t=FH1fRMmTRzWG7ppiMX18Wg
Other high-profiled people also spoke out Friday in response to the ruling.
Throughout history, women haven’t been trusted. Not to vote, or to decide who they marry, and now to make their own decisions about their bodies. But you can trust we will not let this stand, that we will be heard, and we will get the rights we deserve. #RoeVsWade
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) June 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1540391288201175043?s=20&t=SZLkl7GOB9E_ek6BAlYRDg
Today, the Republican-controlled Supreme Court has achieved the GOP’s dark and extreme goal of ripping away women’s right to make their own reproductive health decisions.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 24, 2022
The court has failed us all — but we won’t back down. I’m going to keep fighting because everyone deserves access to the care they need. Join me and @PPact: https://t.co/fd4K56b8w3. #BansOffOurBodies pic.twitter.com/FVwoCZqRy0
— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) June 24, 2022
