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LGBTQ+ Celebrities & Allies React to Overturning of Roe v. Wade

We are not going quietly.

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Even though leaked reports indicated that the U.S. Supreme Court was set to overturn Roe v. Wade – thereby allowing individual states to ban abortion under any circumstances as they see fit – broke some time ago, it still hit hard when the decision was officially announced on Friday, June 24.

Progressive organizations have already started vehemently speaking out against the ruling and calling for those in power to act.

“Women are under attack, LGBTQ+ people are under attack, BIPOC people are under attack, and we are justifiably outraged,” Human Rights Campaign Interim President Joni Madison said in a statement. “We cannot relent — we must fight back.”

While organizations have offered pre-planned statements in defense of reproductive rights and activists have been trying to educate people on how to navigate this new, bleak reality, the rest of us have been left to react out of anger, fear, and frustration for what has been done and what is yet to come.

Many celebrities are among those who have been using their platforms to draw attention to the outrage and injustice of this decision, while also warning that the Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision is unlikely to stop with Roe v. Wade.

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Here’s what some LGBTQ+ celebrities and allies have been saying:

\u201cThis ruling today at the height of Pride Month is particularly devastating. The foundation upon which Roe rested is the same that has protected so many of our rights as LGBTQ+ people. Clarence Thomas says as much. We\u2019re all in this together \u26a7\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u270a\ud83c\udffb\u201d
— Cynthia Nixon (@Cynthia Nixon) 1656084330

\u201cI am sick to my stomach. I know so many people are terrified right now. Terrified doesn\u2019t even express the pain. You are not alone. Please know you have people in this world that are going to FIGHT LIKE HELL to get our constitutional rights back.\u201d
— Hayley Kiyoko (@Hayley Kiyoko) 1656085034

\u201cGET YOUR FICTIONAL HATEFUL BIBLE STORIES AND YOUR FAKE FICTIONAL RELIGIOUS BULLSHIT OUT OF OUR FUCKING LIVES. FUCK YOU.\u201d
— billy eichner (@billy eichner) 1656081735

\u201cProtect the liars, harm the marginalized.\u201d
— Cameron Esposito (@Cameron Esposito) 1656082716

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t end here. Fuck this sham. Fuck these people. If you\u2019re a single issue voter and your issue is your taxes, fuck you too. This Supreme Court is on you.\u201d
— Busy Philipps (@Busy Philipps) 1656081347

\u201cThe Dobbs decision is a tragedy. The heartbreak this has caused is immeasurable. But someday, hopefully soon, we WILL find our way to a future where reproductive freedom is forever enshrined in federal law.\u201d
— Lynda Carter (@Lynda Carter) 1656081106

\u201cToday, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues\u2014attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.\u201d
— Barack Obama (@Barack Obama) 1656080802

\u201cabortion is healthcare. \nbodily autonomy is a human right.\u201d
— Maggie Rogers (@Maggie Rogers) 1656084250

\u201cWhat a sad day for this country. Guns for everybody and no reproductive rights. Twisted. Twisted.\u201d
— Andy Cohen (@Andy Cohen) 1656083113

\u201cThey did it. THEY DID IT TO US! #SCOTUS has overturned #RoevWade, enshrined in the Constitution as settled law for over 50 years. How dare they? This #SCOTUS is absolutely tone-deaf to the will and even the actual needs of the American people. #WakeUpAmerica\u201d
— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1656081438

\u201cFeeling deeply powerless today. Are there orgs on the ground helping women get across state lines? Giving access to the abortion pill? Where are we sending our money.\u201d
— Joel Kim Booster (@Joel Kim Booster) 1656089297

\u201cI\u2019m absolutely terrified that this is where we are - that after so many decades of people fighting for women\u2019s rights to their own bodies, today\u2019s decision has stripped us of that.\u201d
— Taylor Swift (@Taylor Swift) 1656090842

\u201cTODAY,\nTRUMPS RADICAL \n(REPUBLICAN) SUPREME COURT,BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN.THEY\nCAN\u2019T BE PROSECUTED, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE\u2026\n\u201cTHEY ARE GUILTY\u201d\u203c\ufe0f\nWHAT OTHER RIGHTS \n(WE TAKE 4 GRANTED) ARE NEXT\u2049\ufe0f\nBE AFRAID BE VERY AFRAID\u203c\ufe0f\u201d
— Cher (@Cher) 1656092176

\u201cThey will never end abortion.\nOnly safe abortion.\nThis is not about life. It\u2019s about control.\nThose motherfuckers.\u201d
— Sophia Bush Hughes (@Sophia Bush Hughes) 1656081116