Roe V. Wade and the Divested Black Woman

I am tired. Being a woman. Black woman in this country has gnawed at my existence for far too long.

Divesting from the United has become an option for many black women. The movement to divest means removing any rights the United States has purported on the black woman. The participation in its system in a way that leaves black women with unreciprocated efforts. America just does not love us. Divesting from the United States is not just losing the desire to care about the broken institutions that miraculously hold the country together. It is acknowledging the issues of this nation, acknowledging that there are detrimental issues and events, then not engaging. It is the most simple form of resistance and arguably ineffective.

As much as I would like to embrace divesting from the United States, I cannot do so after the announcement of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade. This decision removes the federal right to abortion. Although this is an act of white supremacy to secure the social positioning of white Americans, black and brown women will be harmed the most from this decision. Access to cross-state lines to complete an abortion will be easy for folks with the means to do so. The cost of raising a child in a home that has no direct or indirect access to generational wealth is astronomical. Not only does this affect abortion but there will be limited access to invitro-fertilization. Black women are at higher risk to be diagnosed with PCOS which interferes with conception. Epigenetics have bore on our bodies from the traumas of our ancestors. Black women have never been in a place to choose selfishness so badly. I know that many black women are choosing to be careful about when they want children. This decision leads us to have children after 30. Access to full healthcare is more important than before for us.