US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris promised Saturday to use all available means to defend the right to abortion, which is threatened by the Supreme Court.
“The constitutional right enshrined in the Roe v. Wade (1973) “is under attack like never before,” they said in a statement marking the 49th anniversary of this historic decision.
“It is a right, which, in our opinion, should be enshrined in law and we are committed to defending it with all the tools at our disposal.”
Without using the term abortion in their announcement, which was pointed out by some abortion advocates, the president and vice president expressed concern about attempts to restrict access to “sexual and reproductive health care”, particularly in Texas and Mississippi. in other states.
The right to abortion in the United States, which is not enshrined in federal law, is governed by Roe v. Wade of the Supreme Court. The Court ruled in the historic 1973 ruling that the US Constitution guarantees women the right to abortion and upheld this right in 1992 as long as the fetus is not viable, ie up to 22 to 24 weeks of gestation.
But because of the shift in the composition of the Supreme Court, which is now dominated by conservative judges, many states, such as Texas, have launched an attack on Roe v. Wade by adopting abortion restrictive laws, some of which run counter to the jurisprudence, to cause the matter to be referred to the Supreme Court.
Yesterday, thousands of Americans opposed to abortions gathered in Washington in an optimistic atmosphere, convinced that the Supreme Court would overturn the decision of Roe v. Wade.
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