Roe Vs. Wade Overturned…There Is No Separation of Church and State

How is the Supreme Court ruling anywhere close to the premise of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights?

Rachael Wood
2 min readJun 24, 2022
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

Today, I sit saddened by the ruling of the Supreme Court. I’m disgusted. I’m hurt. I’m angry. Not only for reproductive women and individuals, but for our country as a whole.

If you don’t have social media or have been made unaware, the Supreme Court overruled Roe vs. Wade this morning around 10am EST. This law allowed women the right to terminate a pregnancy and was protected under the US Constitution. And not only is it now the freedom of state to choose, but there is question as to whether or not rape and incest are included in the ban.

Regardless of your stance on abortion, this is 100% a collaboration of church and state which goes against the first clause in the Bill of Rights :law should not be established on the premise of religion. Yet, they seem to have slowly entangled themselves with one another.

Mike Pence, former US Vice President, upon news of the Supreme Court decision, declared all states to ban abortion in this “second chance for life.” Pence has always been and always will be open about his very strong Christian beliefs, as have many other lawmakers. And while I can commend…

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Rachael Wood

Musician by day, writer by night. Still trying to figure out this thing we call life.