The United States Supreme Court on Friday repealed the constitutional right to abortion. American states will now individually decide whether or not to allow abortion. Faced with this situation, demonstrators gathered in Washington to shout their anger.
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Elisabeth is like frozen with her sign “My body, my choice” outside the seat of the United States Supreme Court in Washington where several pro-abortion protesters gathered on Friday, June 24. She doesn’t have words strong enough to express her anger after the court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion, a step back almost a quarter century, before the Roe v. Wade decision. from 1973. “I’ve grown up all my life very proud to be an American, very proud of our country and our democracy. And it’s falling apart.despairs Elisabeth. We are in a state of emergency”.
“I have a daughter and I’m worried about her future. I advise her to look elsewhere in the world for countries that respect women, democracy, human rights.”
In front of the Supreme Court in Washington DC #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/H0bPwrpajC
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A few meters further and a few years older, Joanne cannot believe it: “My mother, who was a staunch Catholic, must be rolling in her grave right now because she can’t imagine her daughters or granddaughters not having the rights she didn’t have. Me, I had them. And my kids are going to lose them. It’s crazy.”
All because of nine judges, including six conservatives, the last three appointed by Donald Trump, recalls Mike. “The Republicans always said that was their end goal and they won. It’s a disaster. It’s ridiculous that nine individuals appointed for life can determine our basic human rights.”
“I remember the newspaper articles about women dying from clandestine abortions. I remember the pictures.”
“I think America is going to be shocked by what’s going to happen in the next few years.continues Bob, who remembers the country before the right to abortion. There are many men who have stood up and been against abortion who in the next few years will see what a world without abortion looks like. And they will say: I had not imagined that. Half of the American states are about to ban abortion.
Pro-abortion protesters shouted their anger outside the United States Supreme Court in Washington – Report by Sébastien Paour
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