WASHINGTON DC —
The White House on Monday cautioned against violence and threats after
protests surrounding a looming US Supreme Court ruling on abortion, with a
spokesperson saying judges “must be able to do their jobs without concern for
their personal safety.”
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Press Secretary
Jen Psaki called for restraint after reports of demonstrations outside the
homes of two Supreme Court justices, and after a fire at the headquarters of an
anti-abortion group in Wisconsin.
The protests
follow a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked last week that suggested that the
conservative-dominated judicial body was set to overturn the right to abortion
in the United States.
President Joe
Biden “strongly believes in the Constitutional right to protest,” Psaki
tweeted.
“But that should
never include violence, threats, or vandalism. Judges perform an incredibly
important function in our society, and they must be able to do their jobs
without concern for their personal safety.”
Abortion is one of
the most divisive and incendiary issues in the US, and conservatives have been
seeking to overturn the Roe vs Wade ruling that made the procedure a right
since it was issued nearly 50 years ago.
The leak of the
draft ruling one week ago reignited a firestorm around the issue. The final
ruling is expected to be issued in June.
Dozens of abortion
rights protesters gathered outside the Maryland homes of Justice Brett
Kavanaugh, one of those who according to the leak was in favor of overturning
Roe, and
Chief Justice John Roberts over the weekend, US media reported.
In Wisconsin,
arson investigators were probing a fire Sunday at an anti-abortion group
headquarters, CBS reported.
The words “If
abortions aren’t safe than you aren’t either” were spray-painted outside the
building, according to CBS.
Reproductive
rights have been under threat in the
United States in recent months as
Republican-led states move to tighten restrictions, with some seeking to ban
all abortions after six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant.
The US Senate will
vote Wednesday on a national abortion rights bill — though the process is
likely doomed to fail, given the blocking power of Republicans in an evenly
divided 100-seat Senate where key legislation almost always faces a 60-vote
threshold.
According to a poll
released Friday by the Pew Research Center, about 61 percent of Americans
believe abortion should remain legal in all or most circumstances.
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