On Saturday, an estimated 10,000 people from various parts of the country gathered outside the White House to protest the new abortion rights rulings. The people were not afraid of being arrested, with some even tying themselves to the fences surrounding the White House. Their goal was to push president Joe Biden to establish laws to protect abortion rights. Unfazed by the risk of arrest, some even tied themselves to the fences surrounding the White House.
President Biden had already signed an executive order on Friday with orders for his health department, but people desired additional action from him. His demand for protecting abortion rights involved making abortion medicine and emergency contraception methods available while establishing protocols for keeping patient data private. “We’re calling on President Biden to continue to take steps to protect abortion nationally,” Rachel O’Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, said, “And if he can’t do anything more from behind his desk, he should get out into the streets.”
Many believe that the President and his administration have failed to achieve the necessary actions to protect women’s rights after Roe vs. Wade was repealed. “We know there are limits to his authority, but we want him to push that authority to its limit,” stated Ms. Carmona. The President cannot override the Supreme Court decision.
Among those who traveled long distances for the protest was Ms. Lauren Pierce, an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The state is one of the ten states that have had abortion prohibited already. She didn’t hesitate to travel the 1,300 miles to the protest. “There’s nothing, to me, more worth fighting for than this cause – our fundamental right to have bodily autonomy. If that means taking up space and getting arrested, then I think it’s worth it,” she commented. The “Guttmacher Institute” research group reported that Texans must now drive about 250 miles to get an abortion during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Joanne Moris, a retired nurse, traveled from Pennsylvania to the protest at age 75; she even attended the rally sitting in her wheelchair. She went for the abortion rights of her granddaughter, aged 16. She profoundly believes that girls should have the same rights today as she had in the past. She held a cardboard sign: “This boomer believes in choice and freedom.” Ms. Moris expressed, “It feels like the country is headed in the wrong direction.”
She was 26 when abortion was ruled a right by the Supreme Court, and now she can’t believe it has been taken away.
56-year-old Helen Miller from Virginia said, “This is the first time a constitutional right has been taken away. We’re here for our daughters, our children, our lives.”
Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62109971
President Biden had already signed an executive order on Friday with orders for his health department, but people desired additional action from him. His demand for protecting abortion rights involved making abortion medicine and emergency contraception methods available while establishing protocols for keeping patient data private. “We’re calling on President Biden to continue to take steps to protect abortion nationally,” Rachel O’Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, said, “And if he can’t do anything more from behind his desk, he should get out into the streets.”
Many believe that the President and his administration have failed to achieve the necessary actions to protect women’s rights after Roe vs. Wade was repealed. “We know there are limits to his authority, but we want him to push that authority to its limit,” stated Ms. Carmona. The President cannot override the Supreme Court decision.
Among those who traveled long distances for the protest was Ms. Lauren Pierce, an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The state is one of the ten states that have had abortion prohibited already. She didn’t hesitate to travel the 1,300 miles to the protest. “There’s nothing, to me, more worth fighting for than this cause – our fundamental right to have bodily autonomy. If that means taking up space and getting arrested, then I think it’s worth it,” she commented. The “Guttmacher Institute” research group reported that Texans must now drive about 250 miles to get an abortion during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Joanne Moris, a retired nurse, traveled from Pennsylvania to the protest at age 75; she even attended the rally sitting in her wheelchair. She went for the abortion rights of her granddaughter, aged 16. She profoundly believes that girls should have the same rights today as she had in the past. She held a cardboard sign: “This boomer believes in choice and freedom.” Ms. Moris expressed, “It feels like the country is headed in the wrong direction.”
She was 26 when abortion was ruled a right by the Supreme Court, and now she can’t believe it has been taken away.
56-year-old Helen Miller from Virginia said, “This is the first time a constitutional right has been taken away. We’re here for our daughters, our children, our lives.”
Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62109971
