Thursday, March 28

Abortion in the US | Hundreds of people demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court against the abortion ruling


Hundreds of people gather this Friday in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Court of the United States, in Washington, to protest against the decision of the court to revoke the protection of the right to abortion.

As Efe was able to verify, the flow of people who arrive at the headquarters of the highest judicial instance in the country continues to join the protest. Many of them are equipped with posters that they pray “Revoke Roe, for God’s sake, no!” and some cry.

In front of them is a larger group of anti-abortion protesters, who are celebrating the court decision with songs and dances, although there is no tension between the two protests.

Three states have already banned abortion

states of Kentucky, Louisiana, and South Dakota They prohibited the interruption of pregnancy as soon as the decision of the US Supreme Court was known to annul this Friday the protection of the right to abortion in force since 1973.

All three states had previously passed these abortion-ban laws that went into effect as soon as the Supreme Court decision was made public, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Idaho, Tennessee and Texas also automatically approved the ban on interrupted abortion, although its effects will not take effect for another 30 days.added the institution dedicated to research on reproductive rights.

Precisely the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, reacted on Twitter as soon as the ruling revoking the “Roe versus Wade” sentence that in 1973 legalized the interruption of abortion throughout the United States was known.

Abbott claimed that “Texas is a pro-life state” and that he will always fight “to save all children from the devastation of abortion.”

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The governor of Texas valued as correct the decision of the Supreme Court that allows each state to decide on abortion.

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The conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of overturning “Roe versus Wade” of 1973, considering that abortion is not protected by the US constitution.

It also struck down Planned Parenthood versus Casey, another 1992 ruling that upheld the right to abortion while allowing states to regulate the process.




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