On Monday June 27, the United States Supreme Court "issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century" in its ruling against a Texas law limiting access to abortion clinics. The ruling came down in a decision of 5-3, with Justice Anthony Kennedy being the deciding vote. If the case had not been thrown out, the law could have closed majority of the clinics in the state. In the majority opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote, "There was no significant health-related problem that the new law helped to cure," but instead it only increased the level of difficulty for women seeking abortions in the state.

Although this legislation is the first major piece to come by the Supreme Court since 2007 regarding abortion, it addresses a conflict that seems to be frequently up for debate, especially in the time of an upcoming election. A woman's right to choose is an issue both sides of the political spectrum frequently throw into their speeches when explaining why voters should be supporting them. And while I'm happy about the outcome of this decision, the undertone of the battlecry of the supporters seems to get buried a mist the reports: The perpetuating of the abortion discussion is also a constant reminder of our country's ongoing sexism.

When abortion is debated, the woman's role is all we ever talk about. Many people act as if the woman is the only one responsible for the creation of a child. Obviously, this isn't the case. Despite what we may have learned in elementary school, babies are not the result of a stork delivery. It takes two to tango, so to speak -- but this other party is rarely mentioned.

In fact, men are never presented with this idea that there may be a threat to their "right to choose." If a guy walks in to get a vasectomy, there's no alarming his parents or his partner, nor to my knowledge is he asked to sleep on the matter. Essentially, the role of a man preventing himself from bringing an unwanted pregnancy into the world is no different from the ideology of a woman going to get an abortion, yet we treat the two parties in entirely different ways. For circumstances could be argued against in religious and ideological terms, yet only one has new legislation brought up against it. Why do you think that may be?

Well, it's the same reason we continue to point fingers at women for doing what they feel is right for their health, but we don't to the same to men when they're in a similar position. It's just one of many examples of our society's sexism. And it's a conversation that should be getting eye rolls and obvious intolerance in the same way we now look at how our country once enforced segregation. Frankly, the whole argument is ridiculous and tiresome.

Am I saying I don't want women (and yes, it's mostly women) standing outside the court in t-shirts displaying their support of reproductive rights? No, I don't. Do I wish Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would stop including a women's right to choose as part of their campaign slogan? Of course not. But I do wish these things didn't have to be such an ongoing struggle.

I wish for a world where this is no longer something the American people are questioning, a world where we can look at women in the same way we look at men and accept that religious or personal beliefs are not enough ground to change the country on. Because if we continue on the path we've been traveling down since Roe v. Wade supposedly put these issues to rest, I have a feeling we won't be any further along in the next 40 years.