Musicians Express Outrage As Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

The music community is expressing outrage this morning (June 24) after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old federal law guaranteeing the right to abortion established in the Roe v. Wade case.

“No one, not the government, not politicians, not the Supreme Court should prevent access to abortion, birth control and contraceptives. People should have the FREEDOM to choose,” longtime abortion rights advocates Pearl Jam wrote on Twitter. “Today’s decision impacts everyone and it will particularly affect poor women who can’t afford to travel to access health care. We will stay active, we will not back down and we will never give up.”

“I don’t even know what to say other than absolutely fuck this,” Finneas wrote on Twitter. Added Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, “Voting fucking matters, y’all,” while Garbage wrote, “Vote these medieval old turds out.”

“Too angry to speak prudently, even though we knew this was coming,” The Mountain Goats wrote on Twitter. “To all the centrists over the years who insisted to me that protecting the right to abortion wasn’t politically expedient, the strongest curse I can imagine — the bad guys won because of your cowardice.”

“We are full of rage,” Sylvan Esso wrote on Twitter. “Bodily autonomy is a human right and abortion is healthcare. This Supreme Court decision cannot stand. We are going to play this festival tonight and go directly to D.C. to protest. We keep each other safe.”

“This is horrible!,” Yungblud wrote on Twitter. “They just took the right to decide about someone’s own body away! We need to speak out. Your body, your choice!”

See more reactions below.

No one, not the government, not politicians, not the Supreme Court should prevent access to abortion, birth control, and contraceptives. People should have the FREEDOM to choose. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/zo67xyzex5

— Pearl Jam 🇺🇦 (@PearlJam) June 24, 2022

too angry to speak prudently, even though we knew this was coming. to all the centrists over the years who insisted to me that protecting the right to abortion wasn’t politically expedient, the strongest curse I can imagine; the bad guys won because of your cowardice. https://t.co/YVBzM6Slz1

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) June 24, 2022

we are full of rage. bodily autonomy is a human right and abortion is healthcare. this supreme court decision cannot stand. we are going to play this festival tonight and go directly to dc to protest. we keep each other safe.

— Sylvan Esso (@SylvanEsso) June 24, 2022

omg no

— jenny lewis (@jennylewis) June 24, 2022

Damn https://t.co/xeeuqHvweD

— Mick (@mickjenkins) June 24, 2022

The idea that one country could be the best in the world is such a childish and embarrassing concept.
The fact that we claim it for ourselves is even worse.
Women are second class citizens in The United States of America.
Today, this is, most certainly, a shithole country. https://t.co/2SMhj9VzlY

— Steve Gorman (@SGSFOX) June 24, 2022

the Supreme Court just ended a constitutional right to obtain an abortion, saying it should be left to each state to decide, this is horrible! they just took the right to decide about someone’s own body away! we need to speak out. your body, your choice! #AbortionIsHealthcare

— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) June 24, 2022

I don’t even know what to say other than absolutely fuck this

— FINNEAS☮️ (@finneas) June 24, 2022

please let us meet this moment with kindness and care for each other

stuck in this stupid ass country together

— Lower Dens (@lowerdens) June 24, 2022

POS backwards-ass 18th century country brought to you by the @GOP

— superchunk (@superchunk) June 24, 2022

https://twitter.com/blobtower/status/1540348459798171650

this Cuntservative SCOTUS is a fucking sulfurous toxin

— of Montreal~she/he/they/them (@xxofMontrealxx) June 24, 2022

fuck all of this

— suzy shinn (@suzyshinn) June 24, 2022

When guns have more rights than women 💔 fuck this place

— The Knocks (@theknocks) June 24, 2022

Vote these medieval old turds out.

— Garbage (@garbage) June 24, 2022

riot girl summer

— Margo Price (@MissMargoPrice) June 24, 2022

Dark days. Keep your Warpaint on. https://t.co/Y1feSFkXlb

— Dave Hause (@hausedave) June 24, 2022

Woman-hating codified.. watch our standing in the world slide, slide, slide. Fucking idiots https://t.co/dZSOdletKB

— Liz Phair (@PhizLair) June 24, 2022

It breaks my heart to think of all the intelligent, creative, innovative minds and careers of women who will never have a chance to explore and experience fully realized lives.

— Kathy Valentine (@Kathy_Valentine) June 24, 2022

abortion is healthcare.
bodily autonomy is a human right.

— Maggie Rogers (@maggierogers) June 24, 2022

Oh well lol

— TINASHE ³³³ (@Tinashe) June 24, 2022

this was a meticulously executed plan to strip women of their bodily autonomy & it succeeded.

honestly, devastated. https://t.co/u1OZ2exEp0

— VÉRITÉ (@Verite) June 24, 2022