donald trump welcomed this Friday the decision adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States, which has ended the constitutional protection that protected the right to abortion, a ruling of enormous importance that leaves the issue in the hands of each of the states of the country. “This brings the issue back to the states, where it’s always had to be,” the former president told Fox News. Asked about the role he has played in the historic decision, which would not have been possible without the conservative judges he appointed to the Supreme Court, the Republican preferred to wink at his Christian electorate. “It is the will of God”affirmed the tycoon, who could appear again as a candidate for the 2024 presidential elections.
The sentence of the Supreme has had a immediate effect in the states of the country, which will now be the only institutions with the capacity to legislate in this regard. Kentucky, Louisiana, South Dakota Y Missouri they have Interruption of pregnancy prohibited this Friday As soon as the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to annul the protection of the right to abortion in force since 1973 while 22 other states they could do it in the short term. The three states had previously approved these laws, which have come into force as soon as the Supreme Court decision was made public, according to the Guttmacher Institute, dedicated to research on reproductive rights.
The organization Planned Parenthood, which has the largest network of reproductive health clinics in the United States, and the Guttmacher Institute, warned Friday that 22 other states could quickly enact abortion bans. states of ArkansasIdaho, Missouri, North Dakota, OklahomaTennessee, TexasUtah and Wyoming They have approved laws prohibiting abortion that will come into force after the Supreme Court ruling. In the case of Idaho, Tennessee and Texas, the ban will not take effect for another 30 days, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute.
Other states, like ArizonaGeorgia, Iowa, or Michiganthey have restrictions prepared that could now go into effect.
Protected abortion in a minority of states
Right now, only 16 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington), as well as the D.C.have adopted laws that reinforce the protection of the right to abortion.
Altogether, at least 36 million women of reproductive age could lose access to abortion, according to Planned Parenthood, which called the decision “devastating”, especially for the most vulnerable people in society such as “the Black, Latino, and Indigenous communitiespeople with disabilities, those who live in rural areas, young people, immigrants and those who have financial difficulties.
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The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, reacted on Twitter as soon as the ruling revoking the “Roe v. Wade” judgment that in 1973 legalized the interruption of abortion throughout the United States was known. Abbott stated that “Texas is a pro-life state” and that he will always fight “to save all children from the devastation of abortion.” The governor of Texas valued as correct the decision of the Supreme Court that allows each state to decide on abortion.
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of repealing “Roe versus Wade” considering that abortion is not protected by the US constitution. It also struck down Planned Parenthood versus Casey, another 1992 ruling that upheld the right to abortion while allowing states to regulate the process.