More than a thousand protesters marched all day Tuesday outside the Supreme Court in Washington, most of them worried about a ‘rollback’ for abortion rights in the states, threatening a draft that decision.
At the end of the afternoon, more than a thousand gathered in front of the white marble building to express their anger: Abortion is a right, Abortion is part of the right to health.
I came to protest today because I couldn’t stay homesaid AFP Adriane Busby, 40, wearing a red bicycle helmet. I don’t think we’re still here, in 2022, to show up and debate this issue.he added.
The website Politico Caused a political explosion Monday night with the disclosure, following an unprecedented leak of an internal document, that most Supreme Court justices were willing to bury the Roe v. Verdict. Wade of 1973, which protects the right of American women to terminate their pregnancies.
Its possible return is an extreme violation of women’s privacy and ability to control their bodiesbelieves Adriane Busby.
Like him, hundreds of demonstrators, mostly in favor of the right to abortion, gathered from Monday night and Tuesday throughout the day, with signs where one could read: Real monsters wear clothes [de juges, NDLR] where Keep your political decisions away from my body.
I was surprised, told AFP Tuesday morning that Tarra Kuroda, a 47 -year -old woman, almost the same age as Roe v. Wade. I have two daughters, and I am also here for them, […] to protect their futurehe said, a sign My body, my choice with the hand.
An election issue this fall?
Around the demonstrators were many journalists, under the gray sky, in the middle of the federal capital.
Regarding this draft decision, which is not final, Tarra hopes this people will come together in midterm elections [prévues pour novembre] to elect people who would have voted in favor of a law allowing abortion at the federal level – a call similar to what Democratic President Joe Biden made on Tuesday.
Victoria Lord, a 61-year-old historian, was carrying a placard Not again with a hanger design, used in the past to perform secret abortions.
I was at a certain age and I remember friends who had illegal and extremely dangerous abortionsit worries Washington residents. Women will die. They are dying.
Demonstrators opposing the right to abortion, more so not many throughout the day, have placed themselves right in front of the impressive front to congratulate themselves on the path taken by the Supreme Court judges – while remaining cautious for the next season.
Abortion will not be illegal tomorrow if Roe is repealed. It is up to the States to legislatecommemoration of Kristen Day, an anti -abortion activist from neighboring Virginia.
Human rights for all, born and unborncan we read on a sign early in the morning.
The text was published on Monday by the newspaper Politico, just drafted, so much more to doadvance for his part Archie Smith, member of a group progressive against the right to abortion. For the “pro-life” movement, this is the first step in the right direction.
Source: Radio-Canada
