US: After abortion, activists fear it ‘s gay turn

After abortions, gay marriage? If the Supreme Court of USA dismantle women’s right to abortionlawyers and activists fear that same-sex marriage, legal across the country from 2015, will be the next goal of conservatives.

After the unveiling of his draft decision Supreme Court for the abolition of the right to abortion, established for half a century by the decision Roe v WadePresident Joe Biden warned that “All American privacy decisions” and “a whole host of other rights” can be called into question.

THE American president referred to contraception and marriage for all.

In New York, a historic stronghold of minority advocacy groups, “of course we are concerned,” said Trevor Meyers, of the Center for the Rights of Individuals. “It reminds us that our security is never a given”.

On Tuesday night in Manhattan, thousands of young people angrily pledged to “fight” for the right to abortion, while keeping in mind the rights of the LGBTQI community.

who’s turn is it?

“Who’s turn is it; who’s turn is it? who’s turn is it? Who’s turn is it;”New York Attorney General Leticia James, a Democratic and black judge, called for the fundamental constitutional rights of the United States to “marry whomever she wants” and for members of the LGBTQI community to have rights “.

The high sensitivity The issue of gay marriage in the US is legally recognized nationally following the Supreme Court ruling in June 2015: is imposed in the 50 states, including the US states, mainly the South, where it was banned under their state constitutions.

And if the Supreme Court, six of its nine judges are from conservative to extremely conservative thanks to Trump-era fatal appointments that upset the balanceNew York lawmakers worry that next targets will be other individual rights, such as gay marriage, in June.

Amendment 14

The “Roe v Wade” decision, which is based the right to abortion in the constitutional right to privacy, “deprived of foundation from the beginning”writes Judge Samuel Anthony Alito, who signs the draft abortion decision that will overturn the historic decision and adds that the right to abortion “is not protected by any provision of the Constitution” of the United States.

However, jurists point out that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1868, makes no reference to specific fundamental rights. But Prohibits the State from “depriving a person of his life, liberty and property without due process of law”.

U.S. courts have relied on these regulations for many years to ensure individual rights and freedoms, such as contraception, abortion and same-sex marriage.

However, according to Judge Alito, in order for these rights to be guaranteed, they must be “deeply rooted in the history and tradition of this country.” Which, in his view, does not apply to abortion, since the time of the introduction of the 14th amendment, a blood and a half back, “three-quarters of American states considered abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy”.

Dismantling

This decision “concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right”, the judge writes to avoid misunderstandings.

But based on this legal argument, the Supreme Court will still be able to “dismantle the constitutional rights that generations of Americans take for granted,” says Columbia University law professor Kathryn Franke. “Not just abortion, but contraception, same-sex marriage and even the criminalization of out-of-wedlock or same-sex sexuality”.

Arthur Leonard, a professor at New York Law School, also said that “there is a tendency for issues to be brought before the Supreme Court.”

“There are right-wing people in the United States – many for religious reasons, some for moral reasons – who oppose same-sex marriage and intercourse. “ explains the lawyer.