The Taliban rule of the USA Supreme Court on the Roe vs Wade case will restrict access to abortion but will not prevent abortion. Guaranteeing women’s right to make decisions over their own bodies is a matter of human dignity and human rights.

Last Friday’s decision to end the constitutional protections for abortions marks a regressive moment not only for women in the country but for all women in the world.

The reversal of 49 years of history in which abortion was a fundamental right in the US, leaving states free to cut and reduce access to women’s sexual and reproductive health, and damaging other rights, such as physical and mental health.

Public Services International advocates for equality, including full respect of women’s reproductive rights as vital to  their capacity to participate as equals in the world, as well as for the fundamental principle of universal public health systems.

Equal enjoyment of human rights for all is not possible without reproductive rights; human rights are interconnected, interdependent, and progressive.  Women need the full enjoyment of their reproductive rights now and PSI joins the feminist movement in this fight.

We stand with women in the United States of America who have been harmed in their capacity to decide freely and responsibly, and reaffirm our commitment and support to PSI’s US-affiliated unions, in the fight back.