Protests for women’s rights: Demonstrations in the US for the right to abortion

Protests for women’s rights: Demonstrations in the US for the right to abortion

The dispute over the right to abortion has preoccupied the courts and society for decades. The main focus here is on the states of Mississippi and Texas.

Thousands of people demonstrated for abortion in the US capital Washington and other cities in the country on Saturday.

A group of numerous organizations said they had called for demonstrations in all US states. In Washington, protesters went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will soon face another attempt to overturn current abortion rights in the United States.

An oral hearing on a corresponding legal dispute from the state of Mississippi is scheduled there for the beginning of December. The case seeks to reverse the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision making abortions legal across the country.

A Mississippi law, so far blocked by the courts, prohibits abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The state is now also demanding that the Supreme Court decision in the Roe v. Wade from 1973 should generally be withdrawn.

The dispute over the right to abortion has preoccupied courts and society in the United States for decades. It’s not the first time Roe v. Wade is about to tip over – but now the possibility seems greater than seldom before. Because under the former US President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has become much more conservative.

Most recently, a new law in the state of Texas caused great outrage in the USA: It bans almost all abortions once the fetus’s heartbeat has been determined. Many women do not even know at this point that they are pregnant.

The Supreme Court had dismissed an urgent motion against the law. It is true that he did not judge the matter itself. Many fear, however, that the decision gives an idea of ​​how the court will decide in the Mississippi case.

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