The President of the United States, Joe Biden, assured this Friday that he will continue the fight for the right to abortion in the country, which was revoked in June by the Supreme Court, news agency EFE.
“My government remains committed to defending reproductive rights and continuing the path of progress towards an equal nation for all”Joe Biden said in a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the “Roe v. Wade” decision, which had federally protected the right to abortion up to 23 weeks of pregnancy since 1973.
In June last year, the U.S. Supreme Court, which currently has a large conservative majority, overturned this decision, leaving abortion policy to each state.
The country immediately fell apart into several zones, with 18 states, mostly in the South, almost completely banning abortion, while other states are still battling legal battles.
In Friday’s speech, Joe Biden said he feared this Supreme Court decision would become something of a “Pandora’s box,” opening the door to the possibility that “other fundamental freedoms might be called into question in the courts in the future.” such as access to contraceptives or marrying the one you love”.
In this sense, the Democratic president argued that the only way to ensure the right to choose is for Congress to enshrine it in the Constitution.
The abolition of the right to abortion was possible because former President Donald Trump, who ruled from 2017 to 2021, placed three conservative magistrates on the highest judicial body in the US and strengthened the right-wing majority that already existed in that body.
The U.S. Supreme Court noted on Thursday that the source of the information leak about the institution’s opinion on the annulment of rights related to abortion has not yet been determined, but that the investigation continues.
Source: DN
