Abortion rights revoked by the Supreme Court: the American press divided in the face of shock
Demonstration by pro-abortion activists outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24.
AP - Gemunu Amarasinghe
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In the United States, since this Friday, June 24, demonstrations and reactions have multiplied throughout the country.
The Supreme Court set back the right to abortion this Friday by 50 years: it revoked its emblematic judgment Roe v.
Wade, who since 1973 guaranteed the right of American women to have an abortion.
And the American press echoes this upheaval.
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The
LA Times
was yesterday at a Texas abortion clinic.
When
the news breaks
, one of the doctors swears, before starting to cry, then explains to the patients that he can no longer help them.
“
When the Supreme Court rejects Roe, it does not do justice.
It is militancy
”, hammers the
Houston Chronicle,
for which the Americans lost yesterday “
something very precious, which defined us as a nation: our confidence in the Supreme Court
”.
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Because contrary to its habit, the Court went against public opinion, notes the
Washington Post
, on weapons and abortion.
The
New York Times
and
The Hill
wonder if access to contraception, LGBTQ+ rights or gay marriage are next on the list – as one of the Court's judges, Clarence Thomas, wished yesterday.
" Absurd
" fears
, sweeps in
USA Today
a professor of law, who also welcomes that on the question of abortion, it is now "up
to the citizens of each state to decide
".
Finally, on a purely political level, the
Washington Post
wonders: "
Will the fall of Roe allow Joe Biden to relaunch his presidency or will it further aggravate the divisions that have given him the task if difficult to govern the country?
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