I remember originally when I found out about the Roe v. Wade leaked document it was on twitter through the trends, and then on Tiktok. But for some reason both times I just assumed that it was fake news, that there was a typo somewhere, that maybe some professional photoshop major had created a fake document to generate some interesting news.

“The immediate impact of the ruling as drafted in February would be to end a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights and allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion … No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending.” One thing about this whole situation that has left me confused is how did anyone even get access to a top secret drafted document and upload it for the whole internet to see? I also can’t grasp any understanding as to why all of a sudden in the year 2022 we’re trying to delegalize abortion. It seriously does feel like we as a human race are taking a huge step backward rather than forward and it’s also somewhat comical in a very synical way because America is known for being ‘progressive,’ however you choose to define that.

One thing I learned about is the Hyde Amendment, I had no idea there was a law in place to prevent government funding for abortions for women, although it doesn’t necessarily shock me because even getting affordable and helpful health care is a struggle for most people. Another thing that was newly introduced to me was the concept of an abortion hotline, of course I’m familiar with suicide hotlines but this concept is very different.

At this time, I think it’s really important to keep in mind that there will always be ways for people to get abortions, even if it’s not always necessarily legal. I just think it’s ridiculous to take away the right for someone to be able to obtain the help they need because of the opinions of someone else who’s not even going through the same thing as them. In both the short film and documentary, all the people who were against abortion had never actually been put in a situation where they would need to consider getting one. So it felt very ingenuine to hear people speak about problems that they’ve never had and try to force their own input on the situation.