No doubt.
By overturning the famous 1973 "Roe vs. Wade" decision which established a federal right to abortion, and by returning to the states the power to decide on this painful question, the judges of the American Supreme Court of 2022, took, by 6 votes to 3, a historic decision.
Pitting those who rejoice in a 'victory for life' against those who want to defend women's freedom to 'control their bodies', she will tear America apart and be a central issue in the midterm election battle. .
In a context of quasi-political civil war, this draws a slippery and dangerous ground, of which the attempted attack on the conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh which followed the vote, illustrates the explosive nature.
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But presenting the Supreme Court's decision as "a return to the Middle Ages" or a "Talibanization" of the United States, as has been hammered home for a few days, seems like a real, very ideological caricature.
Avoiding the question...
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