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Dear Friends,

We're practically speechless. Today's decision to rescind Roe vs. Wade is devastating to all Americans.

Adoptee and adoption-rights activist Shawna Hodson was able to find some words today to give voice to what many Texas are feeling at this moment:
 
This is about a woman’s body, our sacred physical and emotional being that belongs to us and us alone. It’s about our freedom to move through life without our bodies being subjugated and weaponized for political gain. The right to bodily autonomy is a self-evident human right that cannot be taken away; it can only be violated. Once we concede that right, we give up everything, and you had better believe they will come for more.
 

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of America’s long, shameful history of punishing women for having sex.

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We have also dedicated our upcoming issue, which went to press yesterday, to the history—and future—of abortion rights. Check out the powerful cover art by Illustrator Laura Klopfenstein. If you would like a copy, go here.
 
Thank you for reading the Texas Observer, now more than ever.

The TXO Team
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