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Hargitay, 58, wrote that her work on the recently wrapped 23rd season ofSpecial Victims Unithas guided her thoughts as she navigates feeling “outraged” over the potential decision.
“The show has evolved over the years, but its overarching theme remains: the protection of the most vulnerable among us, and justice for all survivors,” she wrote.
Hargitay, who stars as DetectiveOlivia Bensonon the long-running NBC series, called the leaked opinion “immoral” and “unethical.” She also explained how the ruling will “disproportionately affect” marginalized groups, including anyone who is unable to travel out of state for healthcare.
“Eliminating these rights will only increase the difficulties many of these groups already face, and those among them who often have the least, will suffer the most,” the actress shared.
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Hargitay also took time to discuss the plight of those who become pregnant after a sexual assault, which she described as a “violent eradication of choice.”
Multiple states, includingLouisiana,Missouri, andSouth Dakota, have trigger laws in place that, wereRoefederally reversed, would make assault victims who terminate a pregnancy criminally liable.
“The insulting, demeaning, negating struggle is not over, and neither is our obligation to do everything we can to protect those whose wounds are deepest in this fight,” she wrote.
source: people.com
