Some of country music’s biggest stars and personalities have spoken out against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the days after the decision was made.
“Today, I hold my 2-year-old son with tears streaming down my face because all my love and planning still wasn’t enough to protect him from being born in a country who could do this to women. Women, the ones who gave each Supreme Court justice on the bench the right to be here, the dexterity of their pen hand,” Maren Morris, known for her hit song “The Middle,” said. “Tomorrow I will fight, but today I am grieving.”
She also lambasted male country music singers for their silence in the wake of the decision.
“Guess we’re just here to raise your babies to not grow up to be cowboys,” she said, replying to country music radio show host Nada Taha after Taha complained that not enough male musicians had spoken out.
Guess we’re just here to raise your babies to not grow up to be cowboys. https://t.co/39CwW0zBxi
— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) June 25, 2022
Nashville star Kelsea Ballerini also spoke out against the decision, calling the decision “horrifying,” and reposting a message from Glamour Magazine that said “For 10,050 days, access to abortion was a constitutional right in America.”
Taylor Swift, less a Nashville country music star today than in the past, but an international music icon, also chimed in.
“I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are – that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that,” Swift said on Twitter in response to former First Lady Michelle Obama’s statement on the issue.
I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are – that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that. https://t.co/mwK561oxxl
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 24, 2022
Jason Isbell is a longtime country music performer, well known for his left-leaning opinions.
Isbell wrote the song “Cover Me Up,” which became vastly more popular after it was covered by country stars Morgan Wallen and the Zac Brown Band.
“If you’re gonna talk about how divided we are as a nation, you’ll want to mention SCOTUS decisions like this one, handing power to state reps in crazy-ass gerrymandered districts and completely ignoring the will of the majority of U.S. citizens. This is not what the people want,” Isbell said.
If you’re gonna talk about how divided we are as a nation, you’ll want to mention SCOTUS decisions like this one, handing power to state reps in crazy-ass gerrymandered districts and completely ignoring the will of the majority of US citizens. This is not what the people want.
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) June 24, 2022
When a Twitter user argued to Isbell that abortion is murder, he compared a baby in the womb to a chicken egg.
“Eggs ain’t chicken. Something has to be born before it can be murdered. That’s about as simple as it gets.”
Eggs ain’t chicken. Something has to be born before it can be murdered. That’s about as simple as it gets. https://t.co/wg5vwDj5mw
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) June 24, 2022
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Kelsea Ballerini” by Midwest Communications. CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo “Maren Morris” by Prbtsubedi12345. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo “Taylor Swift” by Jana Beamer. CC BY 2.0. Background Photo “U.S. Supreme Court” by Elvert Barnes. CC BY-SA 2.0.
