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Athletes react to the Supreme Court’s abortion decision

In this combo photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) FILE- Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei carries the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match against the Houston Dynamo on Oct. 16, 2021, in Houston. Frei expressed his support to women's right to an abortion in a Tweet. “Impose a constitutional right to concealed carry of firearms, and following day end the fundamental constitutional protection of reproductive rights!? Our country is actively moving in the wrong direction," Frei said, referencing the Supreme Court's decision the day before that gave expanded gun rights. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) FILE - Michigan head coach Carol Hutchins calls out instructions during an NCAA softball game against South Dakota State, on May 20, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Hutchins, the winningest coach in college softball history, said she was informed of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion rights provisions of Roe v. Wade via news alerts on her phone Friday. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) FILE - Billie Jean King speaks to the media before the first-round Fed Cup tennis matches between the United States and Australia on Feb. 9, 2019, in Asheville, N.C. In her 2021 autobiography “All In,” King said she had an abortion in 1971 in California, where it was legal. Her name also appeared on a petition to legalize abortion in a 1972 edition of Ms. Magazine, joining several prominent women stating they’d had an abortion. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) FILE - o, U.S. forward Megan Rapinoe runs during the second half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match against Spain on March 8, 2020, in Harrison, N.J. Rapinoe says she could not hide her anger over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion rights provisions of Roe v. Wade, decrying an erosion of rights that women have had for a generation. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File) Billy Jean King, tennis icon and gender equality advocate, speaks after helping unveil a portrait of the late Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii, the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress and who helped pass the Title IX Amendment to prohibit sex-based discrimination in federal programs, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) FILE - United States women's national soccer team member Alex Morgan, left, listens as teammate Megan Rapinoe speak to reporters during a news conference in New York, Friday, May 24, 2019. Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan were included on the U.S. national team roster for the upcoming CONCACAF W Championship, which will determine four of the region’s teams in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Athletes react to the Supreme Court’s abortion decision