2024-01-19 22:57:51
– Anti-abortion activists demonstrate in Washington
There were several thousand of them in the snow in the federal capital to demonstrate their opposition to abortion.
Published: 01/19/2024, 11:57 p.m.
Despite the cold and snow, demonstrators gathered in front of the Supreme Court.
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Several thousand anti-abortion activists marched in the snow in Washington on Friday, warning Republicans that the issue would weigh heavily in the November presidential election.
“Abortion is killing,” chanted demonstrators, many of whom were very young, while others brandished crosses or signs calling for “making more babies.”
“Pro-lifers,” as they call themselves, recorded a historic victory in June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs. Wade ruling that protected access to abortion at the federal level. The temple of American law thus referred the question to the States but since then, legislative and judicial battles have only multiplied. In each local vote on abortion, it was the “pro-choice”, namely the pro-abortion activists, who won.
“Make abortion inconceivable”
“We still have a lot of work to do,” acknowledges Julie, a 45-year-old protester from New Jersey who does not wish to give her last name. According to her, not only must her camp continue to tirelessly “educate” on abortion, but also states must provide “sustainable” support, particularly financial, to women who find themselves pregnant.
Organizers of this annual “March for Life” said the goal was “not only to change laws at the state and federal levels, but also to change the culture to ultimately make abortion inconceivable.” “Hey, Republican Party, we vote pro-life first,” said a large banner displayed during the demonstration, thus warning the right against any concession at a time when the defense of abortion is revealed, for the moment, be a winning strategy for the Democrats.
Abortion is one of the main themes of the presidential campaign and Joe Biden’s vice-president, Kamala Harris, has planned a tour of the country to defend the right to abortion. She is traveling to Wisconsin this Monday, January 22, the 51st anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Since the cancellation of the federal guarantee of abortion, many states have strongly restricted or even banned abortion on their soil and thousands of Americans are forced to undertake painful and expensive trips to have an abortion.
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