A Womb With a View: Gloria Allred on U.S. Supreme Court Overturning Roe V. Wade (Guest Column)
variety.comGloria Allred It is perfectly natural for me to write this. After all, I am one of many who is affected by the decision of four men and one woman in black robes.Before I share my view with you, however, I would like to tell you a little bit about my life.I first came into existence in the body of an American female.
I didn’t ask to be born female. It was a combination of DNA, genes, fate and who knows what else. In any case, I was happy in the body that I called home.
Except for a time when I reached puberty and had to put up with swelling, cramps and sometimes painful monthly menstrual cycles, everything was going well.As the owner of my body once said, “I had a brain and a uterus, and they both worked.” I went to a school with other girls where a great deal of attention was paid to the brain in my body.
The female whose body I inhabited was told not to talk about certain parts of my body “down there,” and not to let a male inside my body until I was married.
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