WASHINGTON • Hundreds of protesters descended on the US Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the justices’ decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe versus Wade precedent that recognises women’s constitutional right to abortion.
The sweeping 6-3 ruling by the conservative majority court, is set to alter American life, with nearly half of the country’s states seen certain or likely to ban abortion.
Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas suggested the court’s reasoning could lead it to reconsider past rulings protecting the right to contraception, legalising gay marriage nationwide, and invalidating state laws banning gay sex.
As the day progressed, the number of protesters outside the Supreme Court rose substantially. The fenced-off area in front of the high court was filled largely with those demanding abortion rights.
Crowds carried posters with slogans such as “Abort SCOTUS”.
One protester carried a placard that said “limit guns, not women” in reference to another Supreme Court decision in the same week expanding gun rights.
Earlier in the afternoon, a supporter of Friday’s ruling said: “The thing that ‘my body, my choice’ advocates don’t get is that the aborted baby never had a choice.”
This story is from the June 27, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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