More than 200 people gathered in front of a federal courthouse in Houston, Texas on Friday, to voice their anger after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Abortion rights demonstrators hold signs while walking through Times Square during a protest in New York, US, on Friday, June 24, 2022. A deeply divided US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country.
Texas is a pioneer against women's reproductive rights. Last year, the Republican-controlled state was the first to enact what was then the strictest anti-abortion law in the country, inspiring other legislatures to do the same. “Abortion saved my life,” said Katy Jewett, 42, who attended the protest at the Bob Casey courthouse with stage four metastatic breast cancer. “I felt relief after it.”
It also allows fines against individuals who help a person access or perform an abortion - such as Uber drivers - and subjects doctors to life in prison if they violate the law.However, voter turnout in elections for state legislatures, which are now responsible for their abortion laws, is typically low in the United States.
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