Tens of thousands of people across the United States took to the streets on the 14th, chanting slogans and waving signs, calling for practical actions to ensure a safe and legal abortion pipeline. Some demonstrators expressed solidarity with abortion rights 50 years ago, saying they mightn’t believe they were back on the streets once more.
The U.S. Supreme Court, which has a majority of conservative justices, is preparing to overturn a 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, a draft opinion leaked on Tuesday showed ruling on guaranteeing the right to abortion. As for the parades on the 14th across the United States, the organizers are expected to be the beginning of this “Midsummer Fury”. The Supreme Court’s final decision won’t come until June, when the issue of banning abortion may be handed back to state lawmakers. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, regarding half of the 50 U.S. states would immediately ban or severely restrict abortion.
Brita Van Rossum, a 62-year-old citizen, traveled from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C., to participate in the first abortion rights march in her life. “If one can’t choose whether to have children, if it’s not a basic human right, I don’t know what is,” she said.
From New York, Atlanta, Chicago to Los Angeles, people across the U.S. took to the streets under the slogan “Bans Off Our Bodies,” a slogan Democrats hope will turn their anger into The party’s support thwarted the gains the Republicans had expected in the November midterm elections. The largest demonstration of the day took place in Washington, where organizers estimated that 20,000 people gathered at the Washington Monument. Despite the light rain, they crossed the National Mall, passed the U.S. Capitol, and finally reached the highest point. court.
Thousands also took to the streets in Texas and Kentucky; there were smaller demonstrations across the country.
Nanette Rosenbaum, 64, told AFP in New York that she took to the streets to protest for abortion rights as a teenager. “I never thought I would be back on the streets in 50 years.” Elizabeth Holtzman, an 80-year-old former congressman who represented New York from 1973 to 1981, said the exposed draft opinion “treats women as objects, less than whole people.”
According to the latest Politico/Morning Consult poll, 53% of U.S. voters believe Roe v. Wade should not be overturned, up 3 percentage points from last week; 58% think it is necessary to vote To a candidate who supports the abortion pipeline.