The “Roe vs. Wade” decision has secured the right to abortion at the federal level for nearly five decades. The Conservative Supreme Court and state decisions are pushing the right to abortion narrow.
3.5. 10:19 • Updated 3.5. 11:59
As is the case, opponents of the right to abortion are also present.
The right to abortion was secured at the federal level by the famous 1973 Roe v. Wade judgment of the Supreme Court.
According to news published by Politico, the U.S. Supreme Court, whose majority of judges are conservative, plans to challenge a practice that has been in place for nearly five decades.
Politico bases its information on a draft decision with a conservative judge Samuel Alito considers that the abortion decision, which outlined US case law, was “grossly wrong from the outset”.
The 98-page text described as the court’s opinion seeks the annulment of the Roe v Wade decision.
The “Roe vs. Wade” decision is being challenged
According to the news agency AP, revoking the decision would lead to an abortion ban in about half of the U.S. states.
However, the draft that has been made public may not correspond to the final position of the court, as minor or significant changes may be made to the decision at the hearing.
Soon after the news, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building to call for Democrats in Congress to work for the right to abortion.
Supreme Court held by Conservatives
The composition of the U.S. Supreme Court became more corservative of the country’s previous president, the Republican Donald Trumpin with.
The annulment of the Roe v. Wade decision would be historic at the federal level.
Legislation restricting the right to abortion has already been enacted in some states. The near-abortion law in Texas, which came into effect in September 2021, has resulted in those traveling to abortion having to travel to other states.
According to the Planned Parenthood, the number of clients in abortion clinics in these states has multiplied, reports AFP.
“Once a woman has decided she cannot continue her pregnancy, it is cruel to delay the abortion,” says the administrative director of Hope Medical Group in Louisiana. Kathaleen Pittman.
– We face a lot of desperate women. We tell them that attempts to decide pregnancy on their own are devastating, adds Pittman.
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