‘Police may be at your hospital bed’: an abortion rights activist on post-Roe criminalization

Renee Bracey Sherman argues that abortion rights and police support cannot go hand-in-hand

On the day Roe v Wade was overturned, longtime reproductive justice activist Renee Bracey Sherman joined thousands of demonstrators in front of the supreme court as they processed the news.

The mood was one of profound sadness, shock and disbelief, she said. Even though pro-choice activists had known this day was coming, it marked a stunning moment of loss for organizers who had spent decades fighting for abortion rights.