Steph Black and Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler
On fighting for abortion access before and after the fall of Roe.
On fighting for abortion access before and after the fall of Roe.
I’ve spent so long learning to decenter myself in this movement that I haven’t really felt, deeply felt, how tired I am.
The repeal of Roe v. Wade allows states to grant full human rights to fertilized eggs, like the ones that have been collected from my body by my doctors.
Tapping into my Judaism helped me feel like I was not alone or unworthy of deciding what to do with my own body and my future.
Roe is gone and pills are here— but we still need clinics.
Roe v. Wade spelled the end of the need to put your life on hold if you became pregnant by accident.
Many of us have lost sleep over the direction our country has taken. I offer my story here with the understanding that we must prepare to take care of each other.
We knew this moment would come. But it still hurts.
This year, Choices celebrates its 50th anniversary, and with abortion access once again under attack, it is the perfect time to follow Hoffman’s lead and rededicate ourselves to this fight for justice.