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7:09 p.m. : Are other rights threatened with being revoked in the United States by the Supreme Court? In a personal argument that accompanies the decision, conservative judge Clarence Thomas believes that “in future cases (…) we should review all case law”. He quotes: a judgment of 1965 which enshrines the right to contraception; a 2003 ruling that rendered unconstitutional laws criminalizing same-sex sexual relations; and a 2015 ruling protecting marriage for all.
7:03 p.m. : Cancellation of the right to abortion decided by the Supreme Court of the United States “is a terrible blow to women’s human rights and gender equality”, reacted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. “Access to safe, legal and effective abortion is firmly rooted in international human law and is central to women’s autonomy and ability to make their own choices,” she wrote in a statement.
6:51 p.m. : This decision of the Supreme Court “puts the United States aside, on the margins of the civilized world”. “Congress must act and with your votes you can act, you can have the final say, it’s not over”he launched in conclusion of his address to the Americans from the White House.
6:54 p.m. : “This law is going to infringe on people’s privacy,” launches Joe Biden, drawing on an argument often brandished by conservatives, who regularly denounce state interference in private life.
6:50 p.m. : “The Court takes America back 150 years,” continues Joe Biden. “But that doesn’t mean the fight is over,” continues the Democratic president, who calls on Congress to make abortion a federal right. In particular, he mentions the possibility of legislating to allow women who live in states that prohibit abortion to be taken care of in other states.
6:49 p.m. : “The decision of this Court is going to have immediate consequences. Anti-abortion laws were made today, plundering the efforts of millions of women. [Ces lois sont] so extreme that some women can be punished for being treated; so extreme that women will be forced to bear the child of their rapist (…) Doctors will be punished for doing their job (…) Women forced to bear the child of incest (… ) Poor women.”
6:42 p.m. : “It is very clear that the health and lives of women in this nation are at risk,” continues Joe Biden. Watch his speech live.
6:42 p.m. : “This right was so important to so many Americans and they did it. It’s an extremely sad day.”
Joe Biden speaks from the White House after the Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to abortion.
6:40 p.m. : “It’s God’s will”.
This is how former President Donald Trump reacted on Fox news to the announcement of the revocation of the constitutional right to abortion. This decision of the Supreme Court is to be included in the balance sheet of the Republican. By appointing three conservative judges to the highest court of the United States during his mandate, he thus tipped the balance of the Court to the right.
6:22 p.m. : Joe Biden had already promised to act by decree to protect access to voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion), but the Democratic president’s room for maneuver in this area is very slim.
6:36 p.m. : While the Supreme Court of the United States has blasted the constitutional right to abortion, US President Joe Biden will speak at 12:30 p.m. Washington time. Or at 6:30 p.m. metropolitan France time. You can follow this intervention in our live.
6:16 p.m. : Before today revoking the constitutional right to abortion, leaving each American state free to prohibit it, the Supreme Court of the United States took another decision criticized: that of enshrining the right of Americans to bear arms outside the home. This decision, which comes after several deadly shootings, is the subject of this article by our journalist Rachel Rodrigues, which allows us to see more clearly.
6:00 p.m. : It’s 6 p.m. Here is the update on the news:
The Supreme Court of the United States revokes the constitutional right to abortion, leaving each American state free to prohibit it. Missouri announced to be the “first” State to prohibit abortion after this decision.
Secretary of State for Development Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, targeted by a third complaint, judges “unacceptable” rape charges against her. We have collected several testimonies of gynecological or verbal violence against him.
They want higher wages to better deal with inflation. SNCF unions today called on railway workers to go on strike on Wednesday 6 July.
5:36 p.m. : Missouri announces to be the “first” State to ban abortion after Supreme Court decision.
5:09 p.m. : Two women cry after the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, in the United States.
4:52 p.m. : Hello @kat. Half of the states could ban abortion in the more or less short term. into force automatically in the event of a change in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court. They prohibit abortions with nuances.
5:00 p.m. : Hello ! Which states are at risk of not allowing abortions? Thanks ! Great sadness and anger for this return to the past of half a century…
4:49 p.m. : America’s leading family planning organization has pledged to continue to “to fight” after the Supreme Court decision. “You are probably feeling a lot of emotions – pain, anger, confusion. It’s normal, we are with you and we will never stop fighting for you”tweeted Planned Parenthood.
4:42 p.m. : In contrast to the American political spectrum, the former Republican Vice-President of the United States Mike Pence warmly welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court revoking the right to abortion, “thrown into the dustbin of history”.
4:42 p.m. : Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of previous, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
4:41 p.m. : Former US President Barack Obama accuses the Supreme Court of having “attacked the fundamental freedoms of millions of American women”.
4:39 p.m. : This decision of the Supreme Court is also part of the record of former Republican President Donald Trump who, during his mandate, profoundly overhauled the Supreme Court by bringing in three conservative judges (Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett) signatories today of this judgment.
4:46 p.m. : “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion and none of its articles implicitly protects this right”, wrote Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on behalf of the majority. The “Roe v. Wade” case “was totally unfounded from the start” and “must be cancelled”. “It is time to return the issue of abortion to the elected representatives of the people” in local parliaments, he writes.
4:28 p.m. : This is a terrible step backwards for American women!
4:45 p.m. : What awful news. Living in Texas, I have no doubts about the future of events, with the Republican states where all abortion (even in the most dangerous cases for a woman) will be prohibited, and the Democratic states where women from all over the USA will seek the necessary medical help.
4:45 p.m. : What a regression! I will remain polite to the members of the Supreme Court but…. Support for all American women!
4:44 p.m. : What sad news for women in the United States…
4:27 p.m. : Many of you reacted in the comments after the announcement of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.
4:19 p.m. : This decision does not make pregnancy terminations illegal, but returns the United States to the situation in force before the 1973 ruling, when each state was free to authorize them or not.
4:19 p.m. : In a historic about-face, the very conservative Supreme Court of the United States buried the emblematic judgment “Roe v. Wade” which, for almost half a century, guaranteed the right of American women to abortion but did not had never been accepted by the religious right.
4:44 p.m. : The Supreme Court of the United States revokes the constitutional right to abortion, leaving each American state free to prohibit it.