The American House of Representatives, recently controlled by the Republicans, must adopt two anti-abortion texts on Wednesday, with a largely symbolic scope.
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The first resolution condemns the attacks against “anti-abortion establishments, associations and churches”.
The text particularly targets acts of violence that took place from May 2, 2022, when a leak revealed that the Supreme Court of the United States planned to soon blast the right to abortion.
The resolution accuses, among other things, “the Biden administration of failing to take measures to respond to these radical attacks”.
The second text submitted to the vote of elected officials on Wednesday requires doctors present during an abortion “to provide appropriate care” to try to “save” the aborted fetus.
The family planning organization Planned Parenthood strongly criticized the text which “is nothing more than a strategy of manipulation by fear aimed at stigmatizing abortion”.
The scope of these two texts is however limited, because even if they were adopted in the House, they would have no chance of passing the stage of the Senate, of which the Democrats retain control.