Protesting abortion rights in the US, “This is a health crisis,” says Vice President Kamala Harris

In recent months, the Supreme Court has returned to the case of the Mississippi abortion law passed in 2018. This law aims to make abortion illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but is still not valid because it was promptly challenged in court. The case ended up in the Supreme Court. Thus, the nine chief justices answer Mississippi’s request to roll back Roe v. Wade. This gives all US states the freedom to make their own abortion laws.

As expected, the Supreme Court’s decision caused a major turmoil in the United States. President Joe Biden, among others, has spoken forcefully of an attack against the right to privacy and the right to the principles of liberty and equality. Women’s and human rights organizations fear the medical and psychological consequences of abortion if it is performed in illegal (read: unsafe) conditions.

But citizens also took to the streets to protest. This was the case in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and others. Thousands gathered there to express their dissatisfaction with the arrest. “The rapist has more rights than I,” “Why my mercy is subject to stricter laws than guns,” “My body, my choice,” are some of the slogans they carried.