After US verdict: Thousands demonstrate against abolition of abortion rights
Created: 06/25/2022, 13:54
By: Bettina Menzel
Demonstrations are taking place in many cities across the United States at the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v.
Wade on June 24, 2022. © Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images/AFP
The US Supreme Court set the abortion case law back by 50 years with a ruling on Friday.
There were demonstrations in dozens of US cities.
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark decision "Roe v.
Wade” on abortion in the United States.
Thousands of people took to the streets in dozens of US cities.
According to the decision of the US Supreme Court: Tougher abortion laws come into force in seven US states
According to the US Supreme Court's decision, states are free to enact their own abortion laws.
States can allow abortions, ban them completely or restrict them - in seven US states stricter laws came into force on the same day of the verdict.
More than seven million women were affected by this on Friday, the
New York Times
reported.
Other states are expected to follow suit and tighten their abortion laws.
In 26 states, it is certain or likely that abortion would be banned, according to US news
channel CNN
.
In some states - such as Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota - the tightening of the laws went so quickly because there are so-called "trigger bans".
These are bans that come into force automatically after the ruling of the US court.
These automatic bans are in place in 13 states, but in some of them there is a delay – after around 30 days.
Many conservative states had also already prepared for the verdict so as not to lose any time.
Donald Trump hailed the Supreme Court ruling on Friday as "God's decision."
The former US President is considered to have paved the way for the decision, as he appointed three out of nine federal judges during his tenure, which clearly moved the Supreme Court to the right.
Conservative justices now have a clear majority on the US Supreme Court, six to three.
USA: Thousands demonstrate against US Supreme Court decision
Thousands of people took to the streets in the United States on Friday to protest the Supreme Court's decision.
There were demonstrations in Washington, Miami, Houston, Austin, Denver, Nashville, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles Philadelphia and New York City, among others.
“Abortion is a human right” was one of the slogans.
According to
The Guardian
, the organizers spoke of 380 protests nationwide.
“Join the activists who have been sounding the alarm about access to abortion for years and take action.
Stand with them at a local protest,” former US President Barack Obama called on his fellow citizens on Twitter.
In Saint-Louis, however, abortion advocates demonstrated in front of the last clinic in the state of Missouri that still performed abortions.
Missouri was one of the states that banned abortion right after the court decision.
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Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured that the US government will continue to advocate for the right to family planning worldwide despite the court ruling.
Under President Joe Biden's administration, the State Department will remain committed to ensuring that people around the world have access to "reproductive health care" and family planning.
In the USA itself, this right is no longer available to all citizens.
US President Joe Biden announced measures to protect women's rights, but is relatively powerless in the face of the US court's decision.
At least six states still have abortion rights.
The governors from California, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts,
(AFP/dpa/bme).
