I have been grappling for days whether or not to write something about the Roe v Wade decision, which takes away the federal right for women to have abortion in the United States. It’s easy to be immediately filled with disgust given the court’s decision will have undeniably devastating consequences for women. The impact for women, particularly low-income women, in need of abortion care will be catastrophic. I felt uncomfortable and hypocritical tackling a topic that robbed women of the fundamental right to choose what they can do with their bodies. It would be dangerous and disrespectful of me to truly comprehend how deeply wounded women are feeling over the decision.

My ferocious, uncontrolled typing would always be interrupted by my conscience telling me, this is not my domain. Just back off.

But five days after the hideously barbaric Supreme Court ruling, I’m still consumed by rage and anger. And we all should be, given the human rights of women have been attacked.

What would men do if they were stripped off similar freedoms? Nothing, because there is no equivalent for men. We are left to do what we want with our clumsy bodies.

So at the risk of coming across as some virtue signaling, white guy, I decided I was going to write about how fucken outraged I am by a decision that thrusts women right back into the 1790s.

Women should have the right to do whatever the fuck they want with their bodies. Full fucken stop. End of the fucken argument.

And fuck you America?* I mean, you’ve set the bar pretty low at times with your lust for guns, overt racism and unleashing Donald Trump on the world. But now you have really fucked up. You have delivered women a brutal blow by taking away their choice to have an abortion.

Almost half the states are expected to introduce laws to restrict or ban access to abortion. The Bible Belt will be drowning in moonshine. 

Western states have pledged to enshrine the abortions rights and create a safe haven for women seeking abortion.

Clinics all across American have already started closing down. Some have threatened to fight the ruling and remain open. It’s hard to imagine the standoff lasting long, with the authorities lurking on every corner trying to weed out any illegal operations.

Former President Donald Trump, who handpicked three of the conservative judges on the Supreme Court, has vulgarly taken credit for the outcome. Enough said.

The ruling sent a rupture throughout cities across American, with thousands of women suddenly jolted out their homes, as if hit by a gigantic pulse from the earth.

Protests have already erupted across America. Pro-choice demonstrators will hit the streets in major cities and smaller towns over the weekend. The inflammable rage will linger for months. The United States has underestimated the exact people, whose fundamental rights it has taken away.

The protests in the states have been peaceful but there was an incident of a car driving dangerously through marchers in Iowa. Sadly, it’s likely to happen again.

Two days after the Supreme Court decision, hundreds of young people protested outside the US consulate in Perth. It was the first rally of its kind in Australia. There is another march planned for Perth this Saturday. Other states are planning to hit the streets over the weekend as well.  

Maybe Perth felt an obligation to jump out of the blocks first because WA is the only Australian state that hasn’t fully decriminalised abortion. It has not updated its abortion laws since 1998, which means a women seeking an abortion must get the approval of two medical professionals at any point up to 20 weeks of gestation. After 20 weeks, a panel of six doctors will rule if the abortion is necessary. The rules are clearly outdated, but legislative change isn’t happening soon.

The latest Supreme Court ruling will undoubtedly pave the way for other women’s rights to be stripped away. Justice Clarence Thomas called on the Supreme Court to reexamine cases allowing both LGBTQI rights as well as the right to contraception.

Despite the hauntingly relevant claims by many the Supreme Court decision could plunge parts of the United States into a real life Handmaid Tale’s, that won’t happen just yet. Protesters will continue to voice their fury and anguish over the US Supreme Court ruling, in an attempt to snatch back their missing rights. It is looming as a long and bloodied battle.

But as the tyrannical villain Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid Tale likes to say: “the world can be quite an ugly place”.  

*Ok, conservative lawmakers.