United States: the right to abortion under threat

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In the United States, the right to abortion is threatened, following the decision of the Court supreme. Thirteen American states have banned the use of abortion. Doctors can no longer allow women to have abortions, at the risk of being sentenced to life imprisonment.

Hundreds of activists pro-abortion invaded an expressway, near The bone Angeles, in the United States, before being dislodged by the police. Everywhere in the country, they are several tens of thousands to shout their anger after the burial of the right to abortion decided Friday, June 24 by the Supreme Court. In Missouri, the procession symbolically stops in front of a center that practiced abortion.

“It’s tragic because we fought so hard to get this law passed in 1973. Now 50 years later they’ve taken it away from us in just one time”explains a woman. Thirteen states have already announced their intention to ban abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision could impact 33 million American women. A figure still partial, because other states could decide to ban abortion.

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