Janelle Monáe spoke out against the recent overturning of Roe v Wade, flipping off the US Supreme Court in the process.In early May, leaked documents showed that the US Supreme Court voted privately to overturn Roe v.
Wade, a 1973 case that made abortion legal on a federal level. That decision was officially ruled into place on Friday (June 24), meaning US states will be able to set their own laws regarding the legality of abortions.As Politico reports, 23 states are expected to make abortion illegal – at the time of writing, five already have, and a further eight are in the process of finalising anti-abortion laws.“Fuck you, Supreme Court,” Monáe said onstage at the BET Awards, where they presented Jazmine Sullivan with this year’s trophy for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist.
Beginning their speech with a “special shoutout to Black women, to Black queer artists [and] to Black nonbinary artists”, they continued: “[We are] artists making art on our own terms, owning our truths and expressing ourselves freely and unapologetically in a world that tries to control and police our bodies … and our decisions.“I know we’re celebrating us right now, as we should – we absolutely deserve to celebrate.
Especially now, we must celebrate our art by protecting our rights and our truths.”Sullivan then took to the stage to accept the award, echoing Monáe’s sentiment as she said in her own speech: “As always, I do this for the women – for my sisters, especially.
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