On Monday, the Supreme Court banned Texas from enforcing new abortion standards in the state that would have closed 10 abortion clinics. In a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the clinics to stay open even if they do not meet the new regulations a federal appeals court said they must adhere to. This stay is temporary until SCOTUS decides whether or not it will hear the clinics' full appeal of the 2013 law.
The Supreme Court has ruled on multiple landmark cases in the past week, including protecting the Affordable Care Act and declaring same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional. Should the justices decide to take on this abortion case, it would make for another landmark decision.
Lena Dunham took to Twitter to announce her support of the Supreme Court of the United States' ruling allowing abortion clinics in Texas to remain open. "We love you SCOTUS oh yes we do!" tweeted Dunham. "Choice for Texas!!!"
Planned Parenthood started the hashtag #BirthControlHelpedMe in an attempt to hit back at any suggestions that birth control funding should be cut, with thousands of women using it to share their own personal stories about how birth control has helped, improved - and in some cases saved - their lives.
The tweets and pictures being posted with the hashtag are aimed at showing that that easy access to birth control cannot be taken for granted - something which many women are trying to make clear by sharing incredibly personal stories about themselves. They are sharing their own stories about how birth control helped them with everything from taking control of their lives to clearing up their acne or managing painful period pain.
Planned Parenthood even took out advertising on several giant screens in Times Square to promote its message. Two giant screens were blanketed with a hot pink background and white text declaring, 'Birth control helped me because...' So far over three thousand tweets have been sent promoting the message, but Planned Parenthood hopes that it won't stop there.
