Under the motto “Ban our bodies”, more than 430 demonstrations, demonstrations and activities have been organized across the country. If the Supreme draft is approved, 26 states would ban or restrict the right to abortion.
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Thousands of women took to the streets in major cities in the United States this Saturday to demonstrate supporter of legal abortion across the countrygiven the possibility that the Supreme Court will soon overturn the constitutional protection of this right.
All eyes have been on the highest court since a draft judgment leaked two weeks ago in which the court’s conservative majority inclined to remove the “Roe vs. Wade”as the case law protecting abortion nationwide since 1973 is known.
“It would be devastating and terrible if the text is approved,” Gabriela Benazar, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood, one of the organizations organizing the protests, told Efe.
Under the motto “Forbid our body” (Without bans from our bodies) more than 430 demonstrations, demonstrations and activities were held across the country.
One of the largest was shot in New York, where thousands of people, mostly women, crossed the iconic Brooklyn Bridge to pour into Foley Square.
In the capital, the march brought together thousands of people as they exited the Washington obelisk toward the Supreme Court, the center of several protests in recent weeks.
“I have no respect for the members of the Most High, they are like the talibanGloria Black, a resident of the area who came to the scene, told Efe because she believes judges should not “dictate morality.” , not a decision of the state” or “Abortion is a human right”.
26 states would ban abortion
If the court’s conservative majority — six out of nine judges — took down “Roe v. Wade,” abortion would not be banned in the country, but states would have free rein to veto it
The organization Planned Parenthood calculates that 26 states ruled by Republicans, such as Texas, Arizona, Missouri or Georgia, would restrict or suppress this. In contrast, no changes are expected in progressive states such as California, New York or New Jersey.
Gabriela Benazar, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood, warned that this would have “very disproportionate” consequences. women from black, Latino, migrant or low-income communities that they could not travel to other states to have an abortion.
In addition, he believed that the Supreme Court’s draft “not only threatens the right to abortion in the United States, but on other rights”, such as those of the LGBT community
“Women’s rights are under attack,” the US vice president said on Twitter on Saturday.
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Source: EITB
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