Protests have taken place across the UK after the ‘devastating’ decision to scrap the right to abortion in more than half of the states in the US.
The Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion on Friday, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade decision which ensured protections for people to seek legal abortions., crowds were dressed in costumes and holding signs reading ‘Our bodies, Our choice’.
Freya Shaw, 20, said: ‘I think we’re just here to prove to them that they have a voice and that we have a voice and that we hear them and that we’re here to help and support them and get their voices heard and amplify it as much as possible because I think that feeling of anger is felt everywhere.’ Speaking at the protest, she said: ‘I’m about the same age as Roe v Wade and, you know, I think a lot of women of my generation, we just took it for granted that the struggle for women’s rights, you know, had come a very long way – maybe not all the way – but this was certainly one of the fundamental decisions that, you know, underlies our sense of equality in the US.
Judith Orr, vice chairwoman of campaign group Abortion Rights, which claims to have organised the demonstration, said protesters were ‘full of rage and anger’.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: ‘Today’s devastating Supreme Court decision is a massive setback for women’s rights in the United States of America.
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