PostedAugust 26, 2022, 5:03 PM
Abortion in the United StatesWashington castigates ‘extreme’ laws
President Biden’s camp is making the defense of abortion the main campaign argument for the legislative elections against the conservatives.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a press briefing in Washington DC, August 25, 2022.
AFP
The White House on Friday slammed “extreme” laws coming into effect to ban or severely limit abortion in Oklahoma, Idaho, Texas and Tennessee, in a statement from its spokeswoman Karine Jean. -Rock. Idaho, Texas and Tennessee have joined the dozen or so conservative states that had put in place so-called “dormant” laws (trigger laws), some of which prohibit any voluntary termination of pregnancy, including in cases of rape and sexual assault. ‘incest.
Trump’s Legacy
Their entry into force is the direct consequence of a decision by the now very conservative US Supreme Court. The institution, shaped by former President Donald Trump, dynamited on June 24 the constitutional right to abortion which extended to all of the American territory.
The law that comes into force in Oklahoma is not, strictly speaking, a “trigger law”. It aims to punish doctors or medical personnel who continue to perform abortions, with heavy fines and sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
“These near-total bans on abortion are part of an ever-widening initiative by Republicans to suppress freedoms that Americans have enjoyed for nearly half a century,” said Karine Jean-Pierre. “Americans need to know that these and other basic rights, including the right to contraception and marriage for all, are under threat,” she insisted.
President Joe Biden has planned to participate in a meeting devoted to this subject at the end of the morning at the White House.
White House in the countryside
The White House chants there what is now the main campaign argument of the Democrats against the conservative camp, before the legislative elections scheduled for November. She also published a series of polls on Friday showing that the majority of Americans supported the right to abortion and were worried about seeing it threatened, which increased voting intentions in favor of the Democrats. There are now 21 million women, according to the Washington Post, who are banned or severely restricted access to voluntary termination of pregnancy in at least 13 states. Another state, North Dakota, has also decided to ban abortion, but the entry into force of its law is currently suspended by legal proceedings.
(AFP)