Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Ashleigh Johnson were among the women in the American Olympic team to sign a brief sent to the United States Supreme Court in opposition to an effort by Mississippi Republicans to overturn the abortion rights granted by the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case.
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reported Monday that over 500 athletes and groups, including 26 Olympians, signed a brief that argued the "physical tolls of forced pregnancy and childbirth would undermine athletes' ability to actualize their full human potential."
"As women athletes and people in sports, we must have the power to make important decisions about our own bodies and exert control over our reproductive lives," Rapinoe said, calling the anti-abortion legislation "infuriating and un-American.