Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday to demand abortion rights in the United States. Some 450 protest marches were staged across the country, including large marches in the capital Washington and in the metropolitan cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. The participants shouted slogans like “My body, my decision”. Many were dressed in pink as a statement for women’s rights.
“I just don’t think anyone has the right to make the decision about someone else’s body,” said Hanna Williamson, 20, who traveled from Suffolk, Virginia to the demonstration in Washington, a three-hour drive away. “I’m fighting for everyone’s rights in this matter.” Protesters in the US capital marched to the Supreme Court, which threatens to nullify the country’s right to abortion.
In the New York borough of Brooklyn, about 3,000 people gathered behind a pink banner that read “Our Bodies. Our future. Our abortions.” Among the protesters were Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Mayor Eric Adams, and other influential Democrats.
The protests are prompted by a draft ruling by the country’s Supreme Court that was leaked early last week. Accordingly, the Supreme Court upheld the landmark “Roe v. Wade” ruling that enshrined a fundamental right to abortion. Since there is no federal law on the subject, states would then have a free hand to ban abortion or drastically restrict access to abortion. to limit.
About half of the 50 states are likely to go this route. Women living there would then have to travel to other states for an abortion, if they are able to.
Anti-abortion advocates have been pushing for Roe v. Waden’s repeal for decades.” Former U.S. attorney Linda Coffee, who won the trailblazing abortion rights verdict in a landmark lawsuit nearly 50 years ago, warned in an interview with the AFP news agency. for the consequences of lifting the Supreme Court’s “Roe v. Wade” ruling.
Pregnant women who want to have an abortion could face major problems in the future, Coffee said. “It will cost a lot more for people who don’t have good health care or who are poor.” Only a minority want to abolish the right to abortion, but they are “very vocal”.
A 53 percent majority of voters are against Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll by Politico and Morning Consult. Many companies have also expressed support for abortion rights advocates.
Source: Krone
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