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Added on the 04/05/2022 18:00:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Dozens of abortion rights supporters rally against a Texas judge's decision to reverse the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone outside the Supreme Court, in Washington, DC. On Friday, the nation's highest court temporarily preserved access to mifepristone, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force. IMAGES
Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt announces that his state will be the first "to effectively end abortion" in the United States, after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v. Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. "I pledge to continue to fight for our most fundamental right: the right to life," Schmitt says in a video statement posted to social media. SOUNDBITE
Abortion rights supporters march by the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on a national day of protest in support of abortion rights. IMAGES
Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion rights proponents gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC the morning after a stunning leak of a draft opinion that signals the institution may be set to strike down the right to abortion. IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters gather outside US Supreme Court after abortion ruling leak. The Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion in the United States, according to a bombshell leaked draft of a majority opinion that would shred nearly 50 years of constitutional protections. The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito and has been circulating inside the conservative-dominated court since February, the news outlet Politico reported. IMAGES
Thousands of protesters defending abortion rights reach the US Supreme Court in Washington DC,two days before it is due to reconvene on a Texas law banning almost all abortions. IMAGES