Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Decision
Written by Rekina Perry
The Organization for Prostitution Survivor’s mission is to accompany survivors of prostitution in creating and sustaining efforts to heal from, and end, the practice of gender-based violence. OPS is survivor-founded, survivor-led, staffed predominately by survivors, and we elevate survivors in all we do.
In response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, OPS and its staff feel it is imperative to state our position, and plan to respond to this unsettling and distressing decision. We firmly believe that all survivors have a right to safety, autonomy, economic security, and full agency. Safety requires economic security and this requires undoing racialized harm. We stand on our beliefs that all women should have access to care and resources that relate to their overall wellbeing, and we at OPS will continue to provide resources to populations impacted by this decision. With regard to racialized injustices and marginalized populations, we realize that this group is a majority of whom we serve.
We believe that the decision to end the right to access abortion is an attack on women and an attempt to seek and capitalize on systems that promote power and control, which is rooted in gender-based violence. The consequences stemming from the overturning of Roe v. Wade will be markedly grave. In response, we at OPS are willing to be creative in the catalyzation of solutions and will continue to stand in solidarity with survivors during the times ahead.
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Overturning Roe v. Wade will negatively impact women’s safety, autonomy, economic security, full agency, and will disproportionately impact BIPOC women, CSE survivors, survivors of all violence against women and gender-based violence, and those who hold other intersecting and overlapping marginalized identities. We are working to create a response to the anticipated influx of calls from out-of-state survivors seeking abortions. We also know that this decision will put a strain on our healthcare systems, and survivors will need additional information, support, resources, and accompaniment to navigate birth control, abortion, and other reproductive health practices. We will continue to incorporate these important supports into our services.
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