The US Supreme Court overturned, Friday, June 24, its 1973 judgment which guaranteed the right to abortion at the federal level, that is to say throughout the territory of the United States.
To date, nine states have already made abortion illegal, although a very large majority of Americans are opposed to this decision.
In the world of music, singers and singers affirm their anger.
After the RnB star Lizzo, who has promised 500,000 dollars to the American equivalents of family planning and Green Day who renounces his American nationality, several great opera singers and one of the main unions of musicians are stepping up to the plate.
And now ?
We move our ass, we vote and we make sure that this mistake will be fixed as soon as possible
Joyce DiDonato
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All express their deep disagreement with this decision.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato shared a video on Twitter, in which she performed
Georg Friedrich Handel's
Serse and captioned, "
Handel understood rage.
I encourage you to sing it too.
As hard as you can,”
explains the lyrical star before calling on his fans to mobilize.
"And now ?
We move our ass, we vote and we make sure that this error will be repaired as soon as possible”
, launches the singer.
Another star of the stage and pillar of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Stephanie Blythe did not hide her dissatisfaction, from June 24, by relaying the word of the defenders of the right to abortion and, in particular, the actor George Takei , one of the heroes of
Star Trek
.
“It is the first time in our history that a constitutionally guaranteed right, a right granted by the Supreme Court 50 years ago, has been torn apart by the same court and by judges who had pledged to respect the laws existing”, deplores the actor who calls for the mobilization in favor of the democrats on the occasion of the elections of the autumn.
The soprano Joélle Harvey, she pretends to wonder.
"
Why are states not allowed to decide gun control on their territory, but are trusted to control women's bodies?
" she writes.
We are losing freedoms due to a completely biased reading of an outdated document.”
Also on Twitter, Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, wrote:
“We knew this was coming, and it's horribly heartbreaking.
Stay angry, y'all.
You have every reason to be.
Then they will come to birth control and gay rights... We need to remember that anger and use its energy in the future to fight the good fight
. ”
The singer refers to other judgments on which the Supreme Court could return, such as those guaranteeing the right to contraception and same-sex marriage.
With a certain sense of humor, she said again this morning
"having changed her status"
on her
"dating application".
"I'm only interested in people who have penises and have had a vasectomy,
she says.
The Supreme Court wants to deprive me of the right to abortion?
That the carriers of dicks assume the consequences.
One of the largest unions for musicians, the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), also released a statement following the Supreme Court ruling.
“
As of today, every woman is now at risk of having to carry a pregnancy to term against her will and at whatever risk, possibly at the cost of her own life,”
he says.
Ultimately, half of the country's states could prohibit or drastically restrict the right to abortion.
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