Reshma Saujani is the Founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. She is the author of the forthcoming book"Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work ". The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN.
Earlier this month, lawyers from Mississippi informed the justices of the US Supreme Court that, in a society in which women can finally"have it all," we no longer need autonomy over our own bodies. As any non-super-human woman can tell you, that argument has little relevance in this society—but it's the wobbly base of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the latest attempt to legalize abortion bans across the United States.
Reshma Saujani It's an assault on reproductive freedom, and it looks like it'll work. Together with congressional failure to codify abortion rights into law, state abortion bans and their increasing success send a message to 40 million American women of reproductive age: your rights are not the government's problem. As horrifying as that is, there is at least another group of leaders who can help protect women's lives and livelihoods in even a post-Roe v. Wade America: employers.
CNNOpinion So true. It would be great to see business leaders step up concerning reproductive rights.