Faithful at the Sunday Freedom Mass in Dallas. Photo: Reuters
At Woodlands Bible Church, a temple north of Houston, Texas, evangelical parishionersall white and mostly older, applaud when the parish priest discusses the decisions of the Supreme Court.
First of all, they welcome the decision that will allow carry weapons in public. But, above all, that relating to the abrogation of Roe v. Wade, who has recognized the right to abortion in the United States for almost half a century.
In the United States, 72% of white evangelicals support a total ban on abortion (compared to 42% of American Catholics). Following the ban on legal termination of pregnancy, these believers now they are ecstatic.
Mark Keough is a Sunday pastor and an elected Republican to lead Montgomery County for the rest of the week. A county that prides itself on being the most conservative in Texas. “I am very happy with this decision and pray that God will bring people back into themselves so that they don’t see it as an attack on a lifestyle,” he says.
The faithful celebrate the court ruling at the First Baptist Evangelist Church in Dallas. Photo: Reuters
“I agree, It is as if God had appeared to show us the way, “agrees Gracie.
Like this young woman, a Vietnam War veteran agrees with her pastor. “It is a serious matter what happened in Nazi Germany. Six million Jews were ‘sacrificed’. Here we have almost 70 million children killedsays John David Morvan, 76.
A mass under protection
In this temple they fear the violent reactions of the “devil worshipers”which is what they call pro-abortion.
A uniformed policeman and plainclothes men stand in the crowd to reassure the faithful and keep an eye on strangers.
After the ban on legal termination of pregnancy, the faithful evangelists now rejoice. Photo: Reuters
The policeman takes the stage after the first preaching to warn that he is there some unknown faces in the audience and are observed.
“The Roe v. Case. Wade will create something we’ve never seen in our lives, “he says.” So I have to know each of you. But if I don’t know you … “The policeman then points to a stranger in the community: is the journalist of Radio France International who writes this article
The struggle of the evangelicals is not over. Its political leaders, like former Vice President Mike Pence, Now they are demanding that abortion be banned in the United States. Half of the US states have already implemented or will apply restrictions or bans on abortion.
Faithful pray and thank God for the end of Roe VS Wade. Photo: Reuters
The governor of Missouri, Republican Mike Parson, for example signed this Friday the first of the laws “activation” (or trigger) by which a total of twenty-six states of the country plan to ban or limit abortion.
Missouri regulations prohibit doctors and medical personnel from performing abortions unless a medical emergency occurs. Apart from this exception, any person who performs or induces an abortion will be exposed sentences ranging from 5 to 10 years of imprisonment. The law, however, prohibits the persecution and prosecution of abortion women.
On the same Friday, clinics in states including Alabama, Texas and West Virginia stopped performing abortions for fear of prosecution, forcing patients to leave their facilities with tears in their eyes.
Women who traveled to another state to terminate their pregnancies found that, in some places, abortions were stopped due to state laws that came into effect after the court’s decision or because of confusion about when those laws would be come into force.
Abortions have already stopped being practiced in nine states. Suppliers from two other states, Oklahoma and South Dakota, had already suspended the procedure last month. About 73 million people live in the 11 states where pregnancy cannot be terminated; that is, more than one fifth of the US population.
Clarin editing with RFI information
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Source: Clarin
