Abortion in the US: Thousands shout their rage – “I will have fewer rights than my mother”

‘Stop the war on women’: Thousands rallied in New York last night to shout their “anger” over the intention of the US Supreme Court to overturn the historic 1973 ruling which turned abortion into a constitutional right.

It was New York State Attorney General Leticia James who aggressively called for a general mobilization in front of thousands of women and men, mostly young people, gathered in a square in south Manhattan, where a courthouse is located.

In front of this sea of ​​people, Mrs. James addressed a “call to action”.

The draft Supreme Court ruling “is an alarm signal” and “this is not the time to be silent”, “our anger” must be expressed, said the prosecutor, for whom the right to abortion is “one of the biggest battles that must be given “.

In the crowd, many young women held placards with slogans such as “my body, my choice”, “abortion is a human right”, “stop the war against women”, “I will have fewer rights than my mother”.

Earlier yesterday, the Democratic president was also thrown into the political battle to defend the right to abortionan issue on which US citizens are deeply divided after the explosive revelation of the intention of the Supreme Court, which turns into a major stake in the run-up to the November midterm elections, according to the French News Agency and the Athens News Agency.

The day after the unprecedented leak of a draft decision by the top US justice body, which will strengthen this right, which has been enshrined throughout the country since 1973, the president called on voters to “choose candidates who (the) defended “in November.

The Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of the draft reproduced by the Politico news websitestressing, however, that this is not a “final” decision.