(Washington) Several thousand anti-abortion activists marched in the snow on Friday in Washington, warning Republicans that the issue would weigh heavily in the November presidential election.
“Abortion is killing,” chanted demonstrators, many of whom were very young, while others brandished crosses or signs calling for “making more babies.”
“Pro-lifers,” as they call themselves, scored a historic victory in June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which protected access to abortion at the federal level.
The temple of American law thus referred the question to the States but since then, legislative and judicial battles have only multiplied. In every local vote on abortion, pro-choice people have won.
PHOTO AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES, REUTERS
Demonstration in Washington
“We still have a lot of work to do,” recognizes Julie, a 45-year-old protester from New Jersey who does not wish to give her last name.
According to her, it is necessary not only for her camp to continue tirelessly to “educate” on abortion, but also for States to provide “sustainable” support, particularly financial, to women who find themselves pregnant.
Organizers of this annual “March for Life” said the goal was “not only to change laws at the state and federal level, but also to change the culture to ultimately make abortion inconceivable.”
“Hey, Republican Party, we vote anti-abortion first,” said a large banner displayed during the demonstration, thus warning the right against any concession at a time when the defense of abortion appears, for the moment, be a winning strategy for the Democrats.
Abortion is one of the main themes of the presidential campaign and Joe Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, has planned a tour of the country to defend the right to abortion.
She is going to Wisconsin this Monday, January 22, day 51e anniversary of the judgment Roe v. Wade.
Since the cancellation of the federal guarantee of abortion, many states have severely restricted or even banned abortion on their soil and thousands of Americans are forced to undertake painful and expensive trips to have an abortion.