“WE WILL NOT GO BACK—AND WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.”
So says a defiant assertion organized by Deliberate Parenthood and positioned in a full-page advert in Friday’s New York Occasions. With the hashtag #BansOffOurBodies, 160 younger recording artists signed their names to the message stating, “We’re Artists. Creators. Storytellers. We’re the brand new era entering into energy. Now we’re being robbed of our energy.”
The signatories are a who’s who of pop music artists and influences, together with Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Ariana DeBose, Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Hailee Steinfeld, Phoebe Bridgers, Kendall Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Halsey, and lots of others. Some males confirmed up, too, together with Finneas O’Connel, Shawn Mendes, Asa Butterfield, Thomas Doherty, and extra.
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The extremely seen advert got here prematurely of Saturday’s nationwide “Bans Off Our Our bodies” protests, through which hundreds are anticipated to march in response to the lately leaked Supreme Court docket memo that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
“The Supreme Court docket is planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, taking away the constitutional proper to abortion,” the advert warned. “Our energy to plan our futures and management our personal our bodies relies on our skill to entry sexual and reproductive well being care, together with abortion.”
This advert is much from the primary movie star response to the Roe v. Wade determination leak. Earlier this month, Phoebe Bridgers shared her abortion story, and late-night hosts like John Oliver and Stephen Colbert have used their positions to come back out in opposition to the possible determination.
Some celebrities will presumably make their voices heard at numerous “Bans Off Our Our bodies” rallies, given their ardent assist of reproductive rights. Deliberate Parenthood is anticipating as many as 50,000 folks to collect exterior Metropolis Corridor in downtown Los Angeles. In New York, there’s a deliberate march from Cadman Plaza and throughout the Brooklyn Bridge, and Washington, D.C. is anticipating as much as 15,000 protestors on the Nationwide Mall in a march to the Supreme Court docket.
Saturday’s motion outcomes from Deliberate Parenthood teaming up with different teams, such because the Girls’s March, UltraViolet, MoveOn, Liberate Abortion, and SEIU.
Supply: Glamour
