In front of the Supreme Court in Washington, in front of government offices of different states, in the streets and squares. Protests have been taking place across the US since Friday. after the historic decision to annul the sentence Rowe vs. Wade which for 50 years defended the right to abortion in the country, preventing or prohibiting too restrictive laws. Demonstrations have been particularly heated in states where abortion rights are now under serious threat.. For example, in Ohio, where a law was quickly passed banning abortions after medical personnel detected “heart activity” in an embryo, usually at the sixth week of pregnancy. The law was blocked in 2019 by a federal judge who ruled it unconstitutional based on Rowe vs. Wade. Now everything will change, already changing
Not only in Ohio: as reported Courier several states in Republican hands already had “trigger laws” ready to go into effect if judges did overturn the verdict. In Kentucky, Louisiana, and South Dakota, the ban went into effect immediately after the decision, while in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, the paperwork took hours. In Alabama, the court immediately upheld the ban, which had previously been blocked, and the same in Wisconsin and Northern Utah, where IVG is now banned except in cases of rape, incest, and if the woman’s life is in danger. So there are already nine of us, nine American states that have enacted anti-abortion laws, and in the coming days, in the coming weeks and months, there will be many more that will do the same, at least 25 in total, according to estimates.
But, besides the protesters, there are also those who organize themselves and begin (albeit for several months now) to think about alternative solutions. It is the choice associations, feminist associations and activists who will try to support the thousands of women affected by these new laws. Some companies also play a role: several multinational corporations have announced that they will cover the travel expenses of their employees if they leave their state to terminate unwanted pregnancies.: Among them are Apple, Disney, Starbucks, JPMorgan, Google. Otherwise, donations are needed, which continue to be heard and organized. “We will not go back,” read the signs on which hangers are painted, a symbol of clandestine abortions of the past, which from now on again pose a real threat to the lives of millions and millions of women.
Source: Elle