‘It’s a hell of a scary time’: leading US feminists on the threat to Roe v Wade

With US abortion rights in jeopardy, Judy Chicago, Bonnie Greer, Rebecca Solnit and more explain why they are determined to fight back

The US was shaken earlier this week by the news that Roe v Wade - the ruling that gives American women the constitutionally protected right to safe and legal abortion - could be overturned.

If the leaked ruling by the supreme court does come into effect abortion would be a matter for individual state legislatures and Congress to rule upon. The change would mean women and girls no longer having the same rights their mothers and grandmothers fought for if Republican-controlled states move quickly to end abortion access and Republicans in Congress attempt to enact a nationwide abortion ban.