After the Supreme Court announced the revocation of “Roe v.
Wade” of 1973 guaranteeing the right for women to have an abortion in all the states of the country, the reactions rain, between amazement and joy according to the camps.
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Former President Barack Obama has accused the Supreme Court of having "
attacked the fundamental freedoms of millions of American women
", after the institution's decision on Friday to revoke the right to abortion.
"
Today the Supreme Court not only overturned nearly 50 years of historic precedent, it also left the most personal decision to the will of politicians and ideologues
," the former Democratic president said on Twitter.
The unfortunate Democratic candidate for the 2016 US presidential election, Hillary Clinton, for her part, denounced "
a step backwards for women's rights
".
'
Historical error
' corrected, says Pence
Former Republican Vice-President of the United States Mike Pence for his part warmly welcomed Friday the decision of the Supreme Court revoking the right to abortion, "
thrown into oblivion from History
".
"
By returning the issue of abortion to the States and the people, the Supreme Court has repaired a historic error
", welcomed on Twitter this devout evangelical Christian, who was Donald Trump's right arm in the White House.
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wade
The main American family planning organization promised on Friday to continue to "
fight
" after the Supreme Court's decision to revoke the judgment which had guaranteed the right to abortion for nearly 50 years.
“
You're probably feeling a lot of emotions – pain, anger, confusion.
It's okay, we are with you and we will never stop fighting for you
,” Planned Parenthood tweeted.
Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American academic known for having theorized intersectionality, denounced the "
illegitimacy and partisanship
" of the Supreme Court.