A politicised US supreme court lays democracy on the line
triding from the US supreme court to the nearby Capitol, holding aloft a sign that said “My body my choice” and “Women’s right to choose”, Taylor Treacy was struggling to fathom how she had fewer constitutional rights now than when she awoke that morning.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said the 28-year-old, who works in sports marketing. “The people who have legally got abortions in the United States are mostly Black and Brown women, yet the five justices able to have the final word were four powerful men and one white woman. We’re allowing more access to guns yet we’re taking away the rights of women. It just seems like we’re going backwards.”
Millions of women had just lost access to abortion last Friday after America’s highest court overturned a near-50-year-old ruling. Conservative justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court’s majority opinion
