‘It just feels barbaric’: Young women in favor of abortion access express anger after Supreme Court ruling
On Friday, Trends Wide spoke with several young women in favor of abortion access who expressed fear and anger following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“I am heartbroken and scared for the future,” said Nisa Ortiz, a 25-year-old mother of a four-year-old daughter.
“I will say that if my birth control were to fail in the near future, I would definitely not be ready to have another child and I would feel like I would be stuck having to make a decision that I couldn’t afford or a life that wouldn’t be right for two kids,” she said. Ortiz, who is from Dallas, Texas.
“This is scary. I’m scared for my friends who have had pregnancy complications before, and the younger generation from 13 to 21 will face the worst of it,” she said.
Nicolette Carrion, a 19-year-old from New York, noted the impact this decision could have on women of color.
“Women are literally losing our rights and we are going backwards. He just feels barbaric,” Carrion said. “These issues are magnified for women of color.”
“As a woman of color, it is obvious that there is a racial wealth gap,” Carrion said, adding that she is concerned about less access to sexual health resources based on one’s socioeconomic background.
“As a result of this decision, women are seen as just this vessel for having children,” she said, pointing to the reality that it was primarily men who made the decision. “Now we are just objects, where our reproductive abilities are controlled by the state we live in.”
Celeste Lintz, a 21-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh, said she was studying abroad in South Africa when the draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
At the time, Lintz said, “I was very, very afraid to go back to the United States to see what was going to happen.”
“As a young woman, seeing this in the US is beyond disheartening. I am afraid of what this precedent sets in the future, what other rights could be taken away,” Lintz said, listing access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
“My initial reaction is disgust. I felt physically ill. But my most compelling feeling was anger and rage,” said Olivia Julianna, a 19-year-old political strategist with the group Gen-Z for Change, a collective of creators and online activists.
The Texan expressed her anger at Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, adding that she is working to make sure he is not elected again.
“They just poured gasoline on the fire that lives in the heart of every abortion rights advocate,” Julianna said.
“Even though I may not work in the field or in a clinic, I use digital advocacy and the power of social media to share information and resources with people across the country and rally them behind health-related calls to action. reproductive,” he said.
Celestina Sunny, a 23-year-old from Dallas, said she thinks if lawmakers want to prevent abortion, they should consider investing in sex education.
“If it was really about preventing abortion, our government would invest in sex education and access to birth control,” she said.
“What breaks my heart the most is that this decision is really going to affect women who are already marginalized and whose socioeconomic position already preaches access to safe abortion. I’m really thinking about them today,” she said.
‘It just feels barbaric’: Young women in favor of abortion access express anger after Supreme Court ruling
On Friday, Trends Wide spoke with several young women in favor of abortion access who expressed fear and anger following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“I am heartbroken and scared for the future,” said Nisa Ortiz, a 25-year-old mother of a four-year-old daughter.
“I will say that if my birth control were to fail in the near future, I would definitely not be ready to have another child and I would feel like I would be stuck having to make a decision that I couldn’t afford or a life that wouldn’t be right for two kids,” she said. Ortiz, who is from Dallas, Texas.
“This is scary. I’m scared for my friends who have had pregnancy complications before, and the younger generation from 13 to 21 will face the worst of it,” she said.
Nicolette Carrion, a 19-year-old from New York, noted the impact this decision could have on women of color.
“Women are literally losing our rights and we are going backwards. He just feels barbaric,” Carrion said. “These issues are magnified for women of color.”
“As a woman of color, it is obvious that there is a racial wealth gap,” Carrion said, adding that she is concerned about less access to sexual health resources based on one’s socioeconomic background.
“As a result of this decision, women are seen as just this vessel for having children,” she said, pointing to the reality that it was primarily men who made the decision. “Now we are just objects, where our reproductive abilities are controlled by the state we live in.”
Celeste Lintz, a 21-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh, said she was studying abroad in South Africa when the draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
At the time, Lintz said, “I was very, very afraid to go back to the United States to see what was going to happen.”
“As a young woman, seeing this in the US is beyond disheartening. I am afraid of what this precedent sets in the future, what other rights could be taken away,” Lintz said, listing access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
“My initial reaction is disgust. I felt physically ill. But my most compelling feeling was anger and rage,” said Olivia Julianna, a 19-year-old political strategist with the group Gen-Z for Change, a collective of creators and online activists.
The Texan expressed her anger at Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, adding that she is working to make sure he is not elected again.
“They just poured gasoline on the fire that lives in the heart of every abortion rights advocate,” Julianna said.
“Even though I may not work in the field or in a clinic, I use digital advocacy and the power of social media to share information and resources with people across the country and rally them behind health-related calls to action. reproductive,” he said.
Celestina Sunny, a 23-year-old from Dallas, said she thinks if lawmakers want to prevent abortion, they should consider investing in sex education.
“If it was really about preventing abortion, our government would invest in sex education and access to birth control,” she said.
“What breaks my heart the most is that this decision is really going to affect women who are already marginalized and whose socioeconomic position already preaches access to safe abortion. I’m really thinking about them today,” she said.