Article authors:
Reuters
Trevor Hunnicutt and Kanishka Singh Gabriella Bolter
Washington / Jackson — Right activists in favor of and against abortion prepared for protest on Saturday, the day after the US Supreme Court was overturned. A half-century ago Roe v. Wade case recognizing the constitutional right of a woman to abortion. A drastic decision by a conservative majority court of
6-3 will significantly change the lives of the United States, with nearly half of the states banning or may ban abortion. Was considered high. Conservative judge Clarence Thomas revisits past rulings where court reasoning protects contraceptive rights, legalizes homosexual marriages nationwide, and invalidates state law prohibiting gay sex. He suggested that it could also lead to doing so.
"The Supreme Court has made some terrible decisions," Democratic President Joe Biden said on Saturday.
He added that the White House would leave the police to how the state enforces the ban.
"The decision is made by the state," Biden said. "My administration will focus on how they administer and whether they violate other laws."
Christian conservatives say Law I've been fighting for a long time to overturn. Friday's ruling was an important victory as a result of a lengthy campaign to appoint a judge against abortion to the Supreme Court. The ruling was supported by all three judges appointed by former President Donald Trump.
It is in conflict with widespread public opinion. In a Reuters / Ipsos poll last month, about 71% of Americans, including the majority of Democrats and Republicans, said decisions about abortion should be left to women and their doctors, not government regulations. .. Its support is not absolute. Twenty-six percent of the respondents surveyed said abortion was legal in all cases, 10% said it was illegal in all cases, and the majority upheld some restrictions.
This ruling could affect voters' behavior in the November 8 midterm elections, where Biden's Democrats are at high risk of losing a very thin majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate. .. Some leaders hope the decision will beat Swing voters in the suburbs, but activists are disappointed and disappointed to suffer such a defeat while their party is in full control in Washington. Announced the disappearance.
"They can ask for more power to vote, but they don't already have Congress and the White House." 24 years old in support of the right to abortion Patricia Smith said she went to the Supreme Court to protest. "What's the point because they couldn't go through much in terms of legislation despite their power?"
The ruling is that Americans carry hidden guns for protection. It took place the day after another groundbreaking decision to have constitutional rights. This invalidated New York state law, which puts strict restrictions on hidden carrying. Allow.
The two rulings are positively ready to bend their muscles and reshape American life when Congress is often stuck and struggling to pass major policy changes. Showed a conservative court.
He also showed that conservative Judge John Roberts, who preferred to act progressively, no longer had the power to delay court action. Roberts voted to support the Mississippi abortion ban, which was the subject of Friday's decision, but did not vote to overturn Law itself.
Tears, anger at the "Pink House"
The incident that led to Friday's decision was most pregnancies 15 weeks after pregnancy, before the fetus became viable outside. The uterus revolved around Mississippi law prohibiting abortion. The Jackson Women's Health Organization, called the "Pink House" for its bubble gum-colored paint, named the case. The
clinic is still running on Saturday morning, and escorts appeared at the state's only abortion clinic around 5 am in preparation for the arrival of patients.
Anti-abortion protesters have begun to install large posters with messages such as abortion being a murder and a ladder to look into the property fence. ..
Coleman Boyd, 50, who has been protesting outside the clinic for many years, often screams the gospel with his wife and children in a loudspeaker, a woman waiting for an appointment. I mistakenly told him that he was in violation of the law.
In fact, Mississippi law does not close the clinic for another nine days. Boyd called Rho's ruling "history," but he said he was "definitely not a victory," and that he wanted an end to abortion in all states.
Opponents flocked to the Supreme Court on Friday. The Supreme Court was surrounded by a black fence eight feet (2.4 m) high shortly after the draft decision to overturn Roe leaked earlier last month. More was expected on Saturday.
Some protests have heated up elsewhere in the country. On Friday, Arizona police deployed tear gas to abortion activists outside the State Senate.
(Additional report by Lucia Mutikani, Andrea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis, written by Scott Malone, edited by Daniel Wallis)