The results of the 2024 U.S. election have left many around the world feeling disappointed, angry, and even frightened. Among the many concerns raised—immigration, education, and more—one of the most urgent and widespread focuses has been on women’s rights, particularly reproductive rights.

As if the challenges women already face weren’t enough, now many fear that, should they need medical care during pregnancy, they may not receive it, putting their health and even their lives in danger. The growing mantra of “your body, my choice” has left the world shocked and disheartened. It’s deeply troubling that the re-election of Donald Trump has emboldened so many to openly voice their misogynistic views. Phrases like “your body, my choice,” “get back to the kitchen,” and “repeal the 19th”—a reference to the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote—have flooded social media platforms. On X (formerly Twitter), and even on TikTok, countless posts and comments filled with hatred have gone viral. One content creator, for example, was so overwhelmed by the vile comments on a video she posted that she had to delete it, including one particularly disturbing message saying, “I can’t wait to see you get r*ped.”

Such attacks on women, rooted in outdated and harmful ideologies, are heartbreaking. Reports of schoolboys harassing and threatening young girls are appalling, and it’s unfathomable that such behavior continues to surface in our supposedly “modern” society.

We have spent decades fighting for equality and our basic rights, and yet there are still people who want to roll back the progress we’ve made. It’s unfathomable that anyone would endanger others’ safety as some kind of twisted joke, and yet many girls today are living in fear. Their rights to make decisions about their own bodies are being stripped away, and it’s a cruel reminder that the government should never have the power to make medical decisions for them.

No one should have to tolerate casual, hateful comments or threats of violence. It’s not just an issue of words—it’s about real safety and dignity.

To all the women in America, I wish you strength in continuing the fight for freedom and equality. May there come a day when equality is no longer just an ideal but a reality. A day when you can look back with pride, knowing that you fought and won against those who tried to suppress you. That day will come, because the fight for justice is never lost—it’s just a matter of time.