Only a few hours have passed since the American Supreme Court formalized the decision to abolish the federal right to abortion , leaving each state the faculty to make a decision on the matter, and for the second consecutive day from Washington to New Mexico, from New York in Seattle, protests inflame the United States.
"March every day," had been the promise of organizations that advocate for women's reproductive rights - Planned Parenthood, Bans Off Our Bodies and Women's March - and so far it has. Even today, thousands of people took to the streets of major American cities and declared war on the court ruling . In front of the highest court in Washington, the influx of people did not stop for 48 hours.
The main bridge in the American capital, Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, was closed for several hours after an activist, Guido Reichstadter, climbed and unrolled a green banner, the color symbolizing the right to abortion .
Parades also in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Miami, Atlanta and many other cities. Police fired tear gas at demonstrators in Phoenix who, according to officers, were attempting an assault on the Arizona Senate. "Officers used tear gas after a crowd of protesters repeatedly hit the glass doors of the Senate building," said Arizona Department of Security spokesman Bart Graves.
Fear also during a demonstration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when a pickup truck driven by a man of about 60 years would have thrown into the crowd . One woman was hospitalized but there were no other injuries. According to witnesses, the protest, which was attended by about 400 people, was taking place peacefully before the incident. The police belittled it by talking about a trivial quarrel between the demonstrators: the driver would not have stopped at the traffic lights.
