In the United States, the Supreme Court reverses the right to abortion in a historic about-face

As they demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington (United States), these demonstrators explode with joy, Friday, June 24. The announcement has just been made: the right to abortion guaranteed in all EUnited States no longer exists. These activists, often from the conservative and religious right, show their satisfaction in front of the cameras. “Millions of lives will be saved“, assures one of them. “It’s amazing, it’s the most beautiful day for our country that I have lived“, added another.

A few meters away, the defenders of abortion are upset. “I try not to cry, because I don’t want the other side to see me cry. I felt it was gonna happen“, worries this protester. The guarantee of the right of American women to have an abortion has existed since 1973. It was an emblematic judgment, known as that of Roe v. Wade. But the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, decided to revoke it .