America is still torn over abortion

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court, significantly reshuffled by former President Donald Trump who appointed three conservative justices, handed down its Roe v. Wade, which since 1973 has ensured abortion rights for American women across the country.

Since then, states have regained their freedom to legislate, and twenty of them have subsequently enacted bans or substantial restrictions on access to abortion. Others, by contrast, embraced the new safeguards.

This decision had consequences Destructive On Friday, the President of the United States condemned women’s health.

As abortion health centers closed in more than a dozen states, tens of thousands of women traveled to other states for abortions.

My beliefs should not limit your rights And My body, my willCan you read the signs stamped during Saturday’s pro-abortion rights rally in the federal capital?

” State-level bans are just the beginning. Congressional Republicans want to ban abortion nationwide. »

An ambition was made clear during a rally organized Saturday by conservative and religious groups at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in the central capital, under the curious gaze of tourists.

Supreme Court Judgment It was a good first stepBut now we need to complete the work And To protect lives in all statesAFP Steve Karlen, member of the association explained 40 days of lifeCame from Wisconsin with his wife.

A complete ban on the right to abortion One day will come. The day will come when there will be no more slavery and no more abortion in our countryFor his part, his wife, Laura Carlen, promised to keep everyone smiling.

Faced with these ambitions expressed by several Republican representatives, President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed that his administration would continue. to protect Women’s health.

He also called Congress must recover A constitutional right to abortion, however, has little chance of succeeding with the two chambers divided between Democrats and Republicans.

Abortion at the center of the presidential campaign

The topic of abortion is divisive in American society and could play a major role in future US presidential elections.

According to a recent CBS/YouGov poll, 63% of Americans say they oppose a U.S.-wide abortion ban, which some unions and elected conservatives have called for.

The American people would not agreeOn Friday, Vice President Ed.

Demonstrations and actions were held across the country on Saturday by both pro-abortion protesters and anti-abortion protesters.

A large group of evangelical and conservative movements Faith and freedom, which has made the ban on abortion one of its main protests, is scheduled to take place in Washington on Saturday. Donald Trump should attend.

The former president had recently said that he believed in the Supreme Court verdict God’s willBut he didn’t voice the federal ban.