The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has, since its publication in early May, stirred a firestorm over the fate of abortion rights in the United States. As Americans reckon with the impending US Supreme Court decision — expected later this month — that could undo nearly 50 years of precedent, CNN Opinion has published commentary from an array of writers on abortion and the most anticipated legal opinion in decades. From the personal to the political, their perspectives reveal the role that access to abortion has played across history or in their own lives — and convey what the court’s decision could mean for the country at large. The opinions expressed in these commentaries are their own.