The government’s announcement that the WASPI women will not receive compensation is a profound injustice. The WASPI women are a stark reminder that justice is not just an abstract idea, but rather a reality that the state can either resolve or maintain. Rejecting the WASPI women is exactly the sort of disconnected decision-making that produces public distrust. The WASPI women were promised fairness, but the state is failing to deliver it. The WASPI women have waited long enough.