Markle-endorsed RBG jewelry proceeds go to Planned Parenthood, even as icon blamed for Roe reversal

A company is promoting Ruth Bader Ginsburg-inspired jewelry, which has been endorsed by progressive celebrities such as the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, and donating the proceeds from the collection's sales to Planned Parenthood — even though the late justice's legacy been tainted for many on the left who blame her for enabling the overturning of Roe v. Wade by not retiring under President Barack Obama."

Progressive critics have argued that because Ginsburg stayed in her position until she died, it allowed President Donald Trump to nominate pro-life Justice Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement.

Justice Barrett is one of five conservative justices who decided in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the majority to uphold the restrictive Mississippi abortion law at issue in Dobbs but dissented from overturning Roe, opting instead to "take a more measured approach."

Without the conservative Barrett having succeeded Ginsburg, Roberts would have provided the swing vote in a 5-4 majority against overturning Roe.

Jewelry company Awe released a Ruth Bader Ginsburg necklace collection with the promise to give 100% of the proceeds to Planned Parenthood. 

Celebrities endorsing the necklaces in the collection include Markle, as well as liberal commentator Angela Rye, comedian Whitney Cummings, singer Becky G, plus-sized model Tess Holliday and singer Halle Bailey.

The celebrities are sporting the jewelry despite the fact that many on the left have criticized the feminist justice for not stepping down under Obama.

"Ironic, too, that RBG's decision to remain on the court throughout the @BarackObama years also made today's 5-4 decision possible," CNN commentator David Axelrod tweeted the day the Supreme Court issued its abortion decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. "Her death at the end of 2020, during the final months of Trump's presidency, made the lightning-quick Barrett nomination possible."

"But at least RBG got to die in office," writer Skylar Baker-Jordan posted on Twitter. 

Georgetown Professor Josh Chafetz pointed out that the Dobbs decision was caused by "Ginsburg's failure to retire."

New York Magazine writer Ross Barkan tweeted: "Of course, we can say it now since she's both dead and the weird cult around her is gone: Ginsburg helped make the death of Roe v. Wade happen. Obama wanted her to retire before 2015. It was clear to everyone Democrats would lose the Senate in the '14 cycle. She refused."

"We have a senile president, a conservative court because rbg didn’t retire, just lost majority of senate prematurely bc one of the Dems fell and broke a hip," filmmaker Tony Oswald tweeted, referring to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) who broke his hip last month. "This is like a geriatric mighty ducks movie."

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article made an unsubstantiated assumption that Meghan Markle promoted the Ruth Bader Ginsburg necklace in response to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.