US President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre on Friday condemned what she called the “potentially catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable consequences” of a decision announced Friday by an Arizona court that US media reported reinstated legislation dating back to the 19th century that almost completely prohibits abortion, AFP and Agerpres reported.
“If upheld, medical staff could face up to five years in prison if they breach their duty of care; people who survived rape and incest will be forced to give birth to the children of their aggressors; and (pregnant) women with health problems will face terrible risks,” Karin Jean-Pierre said in a statement obtained by AFP, but there are other interpretations of the decision.
Arizona’s Pima County Judge Kelly Johnson on Friday issued a ruling that sparked much debate in the US, where access to voluntary abortions is an issue that the Democratic Party of Biden has put at the center of the election campaign in the midterm elections to be held in November. .
The said magistrate based his decision on the decision of the US Supreme Court from last June, which overturned the judicial practice established by the landmark case “Roe v. Wade” from 1973, which guaranteed women’s right to abortion and legalized termination of pregnancy in national court. level
The Supreme Court decision, applauded by conservatives and criticized by progressives, does not ban abortions, but restores the situation where each state of the US federation had the right to allow or not allow them.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey said a judge in Arizona ruled that a law banning abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy would take precedence over other laws, an interpretation that differed from the Democratic president’s spokeswoman. Biden.
Several US states, led by conservative Republicans, have already enacted full or partial abortion bans following the Supreme Court ruling last year.
Meanwhile, President Biden’s Democratic Party hopes to use the issue to mobilize pro-abortionists at the polls in November.
Source: Hot News RO
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