Tens of thousands marched for the right to self-determined abortion in the United States

The BBC writes that tens of thousands of Americans took part in the demonstrations, which took place in all 50 US states. The background for the protests is, among other things, the new law in Texas which restricts women’s access to abortion .

The law, which is the strictest in the United States, prohibits abortion after the sixth week. This also applies if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.

Proponents of free abortion now fear that another lawsuit will put an end to a right that has has been constitutional since 1973.

  • Background: Texas Gets America’s Strictest Abortion Law

    Tilhengere av selvbestemt abort demonstrerer i Washington D. C.

    Several thousand protesters marched in Washington on Saturday DC, to promote women’s right to self-determined abortion. Photo: Alex Wong / AFP «Abortion is a personal choice»

    Saturday’s march is the first major women’s march under Joe Biden’s rule. In Washington, thousands of people, most of them women, filled a space near the White House before the march.

    your own womb ”,“ I love someone who has had an abortion ”and“ abortion is a personal choice, not a legal debate. ”

    Some were wearing T-shirts adorned with the year 1973, the year when the Supreme Court ruled on women’s right to abortion through

    Roe v. Wade the ruling .

    The BBC writes that the Supreme Court will in the coming months deal with a case that could lead to the almost 50-year-old ruling being revoked. Several thousand protesters marched on Saturday against the Supreme Court building in Washington DC

    On the way, the protesters met dozens of abortion opponents, reports the Washington Post.

    – You have the blood of innocent children in your hands! shouted a man, who was quickly drowned, according to the newspaper.

    Tilhengere av selvbestemt abort demonstrerer i Washington D. C.

    Demonstrasjoner for retten til selvbestemt abort i Washington D. C.

    Protesters in Washington, DC

    Photo: Tasos Katopodis / AFP

    – An alarm clock

    Robin Horn tells Reuters that she had turned up to support women’s right to self-determined abortion.

    – Even though I have been so lucky that I have never had to make that choice, there are many women who have had to. The authorities and men do not have anything they should have said when it comes to what we do with our bodies, says Horn.

    It is the group Women’s March that stands behind Saturday’s selections. The same group gathered millions of protesters the day after former President Donald Trump was inaugurated as president in 2017.

    Rachel O’Leary Carmona, one of the leaders in the Women’s March, says many women like her has grown up in the belief that abortion came to be legal and easily accessible.

    – That it is now in danger of disappearing has been a wake-up call, sier Carmona.

    Tilhengere av selvbestemt abort demonstrerer i Washington D. C.

    Demonstrasjoner for kvinners rett til fri abort i Washington D. C.

    Demonstrations in Washington DC

    Photo: Alex Wong / AFP Critical to the heart sound argument

    The law that came into force in Texas means that it is now forbidden for women to terminate the pregnancy from “the moment you can hear heart sounds in the fetus”.

    The limit is set for the sixth week, a time when many women are not even aware that they are pregnant.

    The heart sound argument comes from abortion opponents. Medical experts, on the other hand, believe the term is strongly misleading, because a human embryo at week six is ​​the size of a grain of rice.

    The only exception to being granted an abortion after week six is ​​if the pregnancy threatens the mother’s. life. The BBC writes that politicians in several other Republican states are considering introducing similar laws.

    Demonstrasjoner for kvinners rett til fri abort i Washington D. C.

    Demonstrasjoner for kvinners rett til selvbestemt abort i Austin, Texas

    Demonstrations for the right to self-determined abortion in Austin, Texas.

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