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Athletes react to the Supreme Court’s abortion decision

FILE - Coco Gauff of the United States, reacts after missing a shot against Poland's Iga Swiatek during the final match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, on June 4, 2022. Gauff expressed her disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion rights provisions of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) 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) 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 - United States' Megan Rapinoe, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the Women's World Cup final soccer match between the United States and Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, July 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)