A decorated group of more than 500 current and former American women Olympians and professional and collegiate athletes is warning the Supreme Court that eroding access to abortion care in America will be 'devastating' to women's athletics at all levels.
; U.S. women's soccer national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn; and, Layshia Clarendon, a former WNBA all-star and current vice president of the Women's National Basketball Players Association.In this Aug. 29, 2021, file photo, Megan Rapinoe of the OL Reign looks for a pass during a game between Portland Thorns FC and OL Reign at Lumen Field in Seattle.
The signatories are all women who"have exercised, relied on the availability of, or support the constitutional right to abortion care in order to meet the demands of their sports," according to the brief. "When I was in college, I was on birth control, but I accidentally became pregnant," she wrote."I decided to have an abortion. I wasn't ready to be a mom, and having an abortion felt like I was given a second chance at life."
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