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United States: abortion rights defenders demonstrate under the windows of Supreme Court justices
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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
AFP
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The cancellation of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States continues to cause reactions.
Despite the Supreme Court's irrevocable ruling last week, abortion rights advocates continue to mobilize and demonstrate.
Right under the windows of those who made the decision.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
“
No privacy for us, no peace for you
.
The slogans disturb the usual tranquility of this affluent suburb just north of Washington.
On the sidewalk, there are about 200 protesters, watched by about 20 police officers posted in front of the house of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
One of the organizers, Nikki Enfield, wants to tell her directly her way of thinking: “
You are not going to take away my bodily autonomy and enjoy your evenings.
There must be consequences.
The idea is that we can no longer be polite.
You're really taking our rights away from us, we're dealing with real fascism, and so we're taking it personally and making it personal for them as well.
»
► To read also:
United States: legal battle after the cancellation of the constitutional right to abortion
The conservative majority in the Supreme Court singled out
At the start of the demonstration, a Democratic candidate for the Senate of the State of Maryland came to offer his support.
For Max Socol, beyond winning a clear majority in the Senate as advocated by Joe Biden, the problem that must be corrected is the conservative majority in the Supreme Court: "
The slightly less simple answer would be to add judges to the Supreme Court and balance the court.
It must.
Several current judges have been appointed by Republican presidents without legitimacy.
So I think rebalancing the court is the thing to do.
»
Always crossing at the pedestrian crossing and staying carefully on the sidewalks, the procession finally passes in front of the house of Chief Justice John Roberts, another conservative, before moving away by giving an appointment the following week.
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