The N.Y. TIMES is the latest to examine why so many female athletes are "speaking out on abortion rights." More than 500 filed a "startling brief" to the Supreme Court last week in a "bold show of support for reproductive rights in a pending case that could lead to the dismantling of Roe v. Wade." The brief’s "primary claim? If women do not have the option of abortion, their lives could be disrupted and they will not thrive in sports at levels we’ve grown accustomed to -- levels witnessed recently at the Tokyo Olympics, in the WNBA playoffs and the U.S. Open." Some female athletes "manage to have children and remain in the upper reaches of their sport." There is a "flip side: the way that steering clear of motherhood, sometimes through abortion, keeps female athletes in the game and balanced in life."
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