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Right to abortion canceled in the United States: the American press between emotions and concerns for the future of rights

2022-06-26T12:44:28.263Z


PRESS REVIEW - In the States where the ban is already in effect, the media recount the brutality of the cessation of operations by the clinics concerned. Ultra-conservative sites highlight the violence on the sidelines of the demonstrations.


"

Roe is gone

"

.

The

Washington Post

opted for a somewhat nostalgic tone the day after the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to repeal abortion.

Supporting images, of landed mines in desperate and haggard faces, the main centrist daily in the United States underlines the strong “

emotion

” which greeted the announcement.

An omnipresent emotion among the demonstrators present in front of the seat of the Supreme Court, according to the newspaper.

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D

emonstrations imprinted with

"

emotions

"

...

If the major press headlines, weekend oblige, have not yet drawn from A follow-up to the historic decision of the supreme justices, the sites report the wave of reaction in the country, manifested through numerous street rallies which n ceased to '

swell

' all day Saturday, reports the

Washington Post

.

In the country's capital, pro and anti-abortion activists came face to face outside the Supreme Court building, leading to "

virulent exchanges

".

In New York State, thousands of Americans also hit the pavement "

to voice their anger

", says the CNN channel.

Pro-abortion activists “

are preparing for a new battle

“, indicates the Boston Globe, where the demonstrations were particularly spectacular.

In central Los Angeles, the mobilization continued all day Saturday, "

channeling the indignation and anguish

" of the demonstrators, is moved by the progressive

LA Times

, the second largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States.

In Texas, the

Houston Chronicle

is appalled.

In fact, the state is one of the 7 that decreed the ban just hours after the Supreme Court's decision, including in cases of rape or incest.

The newspaper explains why, even though local prosecutors in several counties have pledged not to press charges against abortion providers, "

it probably won't count

" legally.

An article also indicates how to "

talk to your children

after such a shift in women's rights.

For its part, the

Texas Tribune

publishes a moving report in immersion in an abortion center.

The clinic abruptly suspended all scheduled operations and Jenny, a nurse, was forced, heartbroken, to send the women back to the waiting room.

'I told him, 'The doctor will tell you more... but we can't give you a consultation today'

”, says Jenny, devastated, who refuses to give her real name “

for fear of being the target of anti-abortion demonstrators

”, underlines the newspaper.

The change in some states has been sudden and shocking

,” abounds The

New York Times

.

... but also violence, stress the conservative media

On the side of the ultra-conservative media, we take note of the news, without expanding.

The Supreme Court confirms that the constitutional solution to abortion is federalism

,” soberly indicates

Breitbart News

, a pro-Trump site with a generally virulent tone.

The emotion of the pro abortionists is not so much raised as the violence of certain gatherings.

In Arizona, virulent activists surrounded the capitol where senators were.

Pro-abortion protest turns violent: lawmakers 'held hostage' in Arizona Capitol

,” reports the

Daily Caller.

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Other violence has enamelled the country, on the part of protesters.

The

Fox News

chain echoes this on its site, recounting how in downtown Portland, rioters vandalized several local businesses, breaking windows and tagging threatening messages in graffiti.

Death to SCOTUS

”, could one read (name given to the Supreme Court of the United States).

In Colorado, a pregnancy center was the subject of arson, with virulent messages.

"

If abortion isn't (sic) safe, neither are you

."

The concern of an engaged dynamic

The headlines reveal their concern: is this only the beginning of a spiral of anti-progressive reforms?

A grizzled figure, dark glasses and suit, appears on all news sites: that of Clarence Thomas, appointed judge by George Bush in 1991 and considered the most conservative of the Court.

The latter suggested that the court reconsider previous decisions establishing the rights to contraception and same-sex relations.

And the newspapers are alarmed: “

Could homosexual marriage be the next right to disappear?

asks the

Houston Chronicle

.

Most worry about an inexorable dynamic.

"

Now the Republican Party wants to push further

," says the

Washington Post

.

States plan next moves after abortion decision

,” headlined the

Wall Street Journal

.

In the

Los Angeles Times

, broadcast in the very democratic state of California, Robin Abdcarian, opinion columnist, is alarmed in turn: “

Prohibiting abortion is the first step.

Prepare for the end of many hard

-won rights,” she captioned.

The columnist does not mince words to denounce a “

devastating decision

”.

"

Get ready to say goodbye to our very democracy

.”

Source: lefigaro

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