Protesters march during an abortion-rights rally in Austin, Texas.

A retrial in the Harvey Weinstein sexual crimes case may reopen wounds for survivors who came forward with abuse allegations.

It also may signal to some that the MeToo movement, which empowered more women to speak out against sexual abuse and harassment, is over.

But movements that shift culture don't die. They become part of us. As the MeToo movement took hold, women became unified in standing up for themselves against sexual violence. I don't see that changing, even as women's reproductive rights are rolled back.

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"What happened with the MeToo Movement was that women were saying things that they never had the opportunity to say before, and they were given credence that they never got before," said Elizabeth Gregory, director of Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Houston.........

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