A year later, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris protested Roe v. wade

If their opinions sometimes differ, they carry the same beliefs. This Saturday, June 24, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, three women from the United States Democratic Party, shared several posts on their social networks to remember the fateful first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade: Just a year ago, the country was going through a crisis unprecedented in nearly fifty years when this 1973 ruling was overturned, which then guaranteed abortion as a constitutional right in the United States. Strong and powerful women, so they publicly reiterated their displeasure and called on their subscribers to continue fighting for abortion rights.

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“We will continue to protect your right to make decisions about your own body,” Kamala Harris wrote on Instagram, reposting a tweet she posted around the same time last year. “America has a reproductive health care crisis, and we will continue to fight to protect women’s health,” tweeted the nation’s 49th vice president, who has served since Joe Biden’s election in January 2021. A clear and concise text that contradicts the long essay opened by former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Devastating stories

After recalling the outline of June 24, 2022, marking the Supreme Court’s formal reversal of Roe v. Barack Obama’s wife, Wade, caused the destruction of such a decision for the women of the country. “We heard the heartbreaking stories of women whose health is threatened by regressive new laws, of others who have no choice but to drive hours across the state to get the care they need, of doctors who can’t help them, and of families who have to followed by non-viable pregnancies,” he said under a black and white photo taken during the demonstration.

A painful, heartbreaking, regrettable “setback” that will hopefully highlight the movements of men and women willing to invest in reversing the trend. “We saw people mobilizing for change in cities across the country. We’ve seen state governments, businesses, nonprofits, and local leaders take action to protect reproductive access. And we’ve seen voters go to the polls to elect people who work to protect those rights, he continued, in a gesture of hope. On days like these, it’s important to remember that change won’t happen overnight. It may take years to achieve the results we want.”

70% of Americans support abortion

Hillary Clinton’s rousing shot in the most moving post, too. The former White House candidate chose to retweet the results of Gallup’s 2023 poll on abortion rights on Twitter. This indicates that no US state would have more than 30% of the vote in favor of Roe v. Wade: In other words, and on a more global scale, nearly 70% of Americans would therefore disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision and favor voluntary abortion.

A renewed solidarity that would likely follow a year of major uprisings protesting the dangers to women in some parts of the United States. Ending abortion as a constitutional right gives each state the ability to legislate according to its beliefs about abortion rights. In the most violent states in the country, such as Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi or even Texas, abortion is prohibited without exception for rape or incest, thus forcing women, even children, to travel miles to receive special care.

In the video, a demonstration in front of the United States Supreme Court promoting abortion rights

Many are still surprised by this backward step, which, however, is contrary to the way the world is going. Last June, the Center for Reproductive Rights reported that nearly 50 countries have liberalized abortion in the past two decades. Ditto for France, which in February 2022 passed a bill extending the legal deadline for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks. It remains to be hoped that this will eventually affect the United States.