WASHINGTON – Stop abortion in Texas beyond six weeks. The US Supreme Court formally denied the request to block US state law that prohibits most abortions.
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The appeal to the Court was presented urgently, close to the entry into force, which took place yesterday, of a restrictive law on abortion in Texas, which prevents recourse to termination of pregnancy after six weeks, even in the case of rape. or incest.
The decision was made thanks to a majority of 5 conservative judges, of which three were appointed by the former president Donald Trump. The head of the court, the moderate conservative John Robert, he opposed together with the three progressive magistrates.
The law, signed last May by the republican governor Greg Abbott, prohibits the voluntary termination of pregnancy from the moment in which the heartbeat of the embryo is perceptible, ie around the sixth week of pregnancy.
According to supporters of the right to abortion, this amounts to an outright ban, given that very few women notice a pregnancy before six weeks, especially when it is unwanted. The only exception foreseen by the Texan provision, which was formulated in order to avoid the legal blocks imposed by the courts in other conservative states, is that of the danger to women’s health.
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Yesterday the president of the United States, Joe Biden, he attacked the law, assuring that the right to abortion “established nearly fifty years ago” will be defended and protected by what he called the “radical law” that came into effect in Texas. The president lashed out at the new law, calling it “extreme”. It “blatantly” violates women’s rights, Biden added, and “significantly damages” access to medical care.
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