At the head of the Parisian procession, Suzy Rojtman, member of the collective “Abortion in Europe – Women decide“, evokes a “where shock“. She fears that at the sight of “the importance of the United States in the world“the right to abortion is regressing”everywhere” and “countries are inspired by the United States to deny this fundamental right“.
Also in Paris, where some 1,500 people marched according to the Ministry of the Interior, a 16-year-old girl, Thaïs, held up a sign “130 abortion centers (voluntary termination of pregnancy, editor’s note) have closed in 15 years” (in France, editor’s note). She is worried about a “snowball effect“.
The United States Supreme Court on June 24 ended the federal legal guarantee of abortion throughout the country. It is now up to the 50 states to decide on abortion. Half of them, according to the Guttmacher Institute, (especially in the south and center) have already banned it or are considering doing so.
“Abortion in Europe »joined by many feminist associations, trade unions and political parties, 6,500 people in France demonstrated
The demonstrators — including men and many very young women — marched chanting “From New York to Paris, free and free abortion” or “Abortion, we fought to win it, we will fight to keep it“.
“Abortion saves lives“, “Keep your laws off my body“(Take your laws off my body),”Leave the women alone for once“, could be read on the signs of the participants. Many were written in English.
“Abortion in Europe – Women decide“, joined by numerous feminist associations, trade unions and political parties, around thirty demonstrations brought together a total of some 6,500 people in France, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
With AFP
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