Published on : 25/06/2022 – 15:02
In the United States, since this Friday, June 24, demonstrations and reactions have multiplied throughout the country. The Supreme Court set back the right to abortion this Friday by 50 years: it revoked its emblematic judgment Roe v. Wade, who since 1973 guaranteed the right of American women to have an abortion. And the American press echoes this upheaval.
Le LA Times was at an abortion clinic in Texas yesterday. When the new grave, one of the doctors swears, before starting to cry, then explains to the patients that he can no longer help them. ” When the Supreme Court rejects Roe, it does not deliver justice. She does activism “, hammers the Houston Chronicle, for whom the Americans lost yesterday “ something very precious, which defined us as a nation: our confidence in the Supreme Court ».
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Because contrary to its habit, the Court went against public opinion, notes the Washington Post, on guns and abortion. the New York Times et The Hill wonder if access to contraception, LGBTQ+ rights or gay marriage are next on the list – as one of the Court’s judges, Clarence Thomas, wished yesterday. fears” absurd », sweeps in USA Today a professor of law, who moreover is pleased that on the question of abortion, it is henceforth, ” citizens of each state to decide ».
Finally, on a purely political level, the Washington Post wonders: “ Will the fall of Roe allow Joe Biden to revive his presidency or will it further deepen the divisions that have made it so difficult for him to govern the country? »
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