Megan Rapinoe reacts to the Supreme court rule on abortion rights.

 Megan Rapinoe has speaks out after the U.S Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, ending the ending the constitutional right to abortion. 


USWNT star Megan Rapinoe

After the court overturned the constitutional rights to abortion USWNT star expressed her displeasure, she said "You've been silent to us. And you are allowing a violent and consistent onslaught on the autonomy of women's bodies. …We live in a country that forever tries to chip away at what you have enabled, at what you have been privileged enough to feel your entire life. I should not be the loudest voice in the room. This is what ally ship looks like. If not for men, we would have none of these laws. And you also have the opportunity to show up, make your voices heard. It is not a women's issues. It is everyone's issue. This is a call-out but it's also a call-in. We clearly cannot do this on our own, with the composition of the power structure in our country. And frankly, that falls on you. Pro-life does not allow anything except one strict religious view and belief system, frankly, to be forced upon everyone else. This will obviously have very wide-ranging effects when it comes to racism and transphobia and homophobia and inequality. It's a really sad day. It's a really hard thing to deal with, for all of us. Again, I encourage people to take a step back and come from a place of compassion and humility, and understand that just because I believe something doesn't mean everybody else has to.

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