US President Joe Biden urged voters Tuesday to defend “fundamental” rights after a leaked Supreme Court draft ruling indicated the imminent end to nationwide legal abortion, long viewed as a basic freedom by tens of millions of Americans.
Erica Corbin, 31, of Tacoma, wearing a bloody gown, holds a hanger, a symbol of the reproductive rights movement, and a sign that reads “is this what you want GOP?” during a “Rally to Defend Roe v. Wade” and “Stand up for Abortion and LGBTQ Rights” event in Seattle, Washington on May 3, 2022. Jason Redmond / AFP
Outside the Supreme Court building in the heart of Washington, more than a thousand protesters on both sides of the hotly-debated issue gathered Tuesday. The leaked ruling’s publication late Monday by the US news site Politico thrust the intensely divisive issue to the center of the November congressional midterms elections, potentially opening a path for beleaguered Democrats to stem expected losses.
Speaking later to reporters, Biden went further, calling the draft ruling “radical” and warning of a “fundamental shift in American jurisprudence” that could put into question the future of gay marriage and “how you raise your child.” Earlier Tuesday, crowds of protesters from both camps descended on the Supreme Court building, with anti-abortion rights activists chanting “abortion is violence. Abortion is oppression” as well as “Hey Hey Ho Ho Roe v. Wade is going to go!”“Women will die, they already do,” warned Victoria Lord, a 61-year-old historian, grimly.
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