This week’s reading, “Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows,” highlights how the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is based on the elected representatives’ views and opinions not based on what is good and just for Americans. As the article states “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.” Returning the power to the people and elected representatives will cause the majority of states to be able to illegalize abortion. Being able to safely have an abortion is a protected right. Although it is heavily debated whether it is morally right or not, it is still a right that the federal government decided necessary to protect. The issue of abortion is an issue of human rights.

The MS Magazine article about Rebecca Gomperts goes deeper into the impact and repercussions of illegalizing abortion. Emphasizing that illegalizing abortion is a form of oppression meant to keep people poor and have more control over them. Again, having access to getting an abortion safely is a human right just as having access to health care. People’s health status, poverty rates, and safety seem to not be considered when the government is deciding to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in a way they are, the government is aware of the dangers of illegalizing abortion. They are using these dangers to further oppression. Illegalizing abortion will give the government more control over the people in need and add to their struggle.