MPV's Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health

We at Muslims for Progressive Values are enraged with the Supreme Court of the United States’ 6-3 decision in Dobbs v.
Jackson Women’s Health that will uphold Mississippi’s 15 week abortion ban and overturn Roe v. Wade. In doing so, SCOTUS, a
group of 9 unappointed officials, will effectively eliminate the constitutional right that American women have held for 50
years to safe, legal, and accessible abortions. The news will impact upwards of 37 million women across more than half the
country and will have devastating consequences on the reproductive and sexual health of women, the well being of the children
of this country, a woman's ability to escape an abusive and manipulative partner, the right to abort in the case of rape or
incest, the economic freedom of women and above all, the bodily autonomy that each and every individual is entitled to in a
free, secular, and democratic society.

The decision and the precedent that it sets dehumanizes women and reinforces the notion that to this day, women and gender
minorities in this country are second class citizens. This disempowering and violating treatment of women is the antithesis
of a free and democratic country, which we see the United States slowly drifting away from in favor of a Christian
Theocracy.

At MPV, we condemn the oppression of women in the name of any religion and we continue to uphold the notion that all beings
are granted bodily autonomy and responsibility over their sexual and reproductive health by God and that to infringe on
another’s bodily autonomy is to violate a fundamental human right that all are entitled to. In reflection, we remember the
words of the Holy Qur’an, that “no soul shall be compelled beyond capacity, neither the mother made to suffer for child or
the father for his offspring” (Qur’an 2:233), as a reminder that God wishes only ease for us and that ease is nowhere to be
found without bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. The attempts to restrict these reproductive freedoms that are so
essential to a developed and fruitful nation must be condemned, attacked, and fought against at every turn and MPV is
committed to stopping any attempt made to restrict these rights and freedoms that women and gender minorities have fought to
obtain for so many years.

Although our hearts are heavy with this news, we know now is not the time to bow down to the current gradient that silences
the voices of women and obstructs their right to control and maintain autonomy of their bodies and their sexuality. We will
mourn, we will grieve, but let there be no doubt, the fight is “on”.

To learn more about MPV's position, please visit our Reproductive Justice ( [link removed] ) page.

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