In the United States, Mississippi is the epicenter of the battle for the right to abortion. More specifically, the clinic in Jackson, the capital of this state in the south of the country, is at the heart of the case examined by the Supreme Court, which decided to revoke the right to abortion at the federal level.
Religious references among anti-abortion
On July 7, abortion will be banned in Mississippi. A few days before the entry into force of the new law, a handful of anti and pro-abortion activists face each other every day in front of the establishment. Sitting in his campaign chair, Doug congratulates himself. The Supreme Court decision on abortion is good news for him. But there is no question of leaving the surroundings of the Jackson clinic before the final closure. He proudly holds his sign: “I pray for you”.
“There are babies who are going to die. So if we can save a baby, a child, a life, it’s worth staying,” he says on Europe 1. Among these anti-abortion, religious references are legion. We must at all costs protect life from conception.
“These people just hate women”
A little further down the street, Amanda, a young woman in her thirties, glares at them. “They’re zealots, they think they’re saving people. They think it’s love. But they don’t care about saving lives or helping anyone. These people just hate women. and want to control their body,” she explains.
The two camps appear irreconcilable. Anti-abortion for several decades, Barbara does not hesitate to accuse pro-choicers of complicity in murder. “To me, they have the blood of innocent people on their hands. The blood of innocent babies. The abortion law was bad. It was a horrible mistake and 63 million children died,” he said. she.
For her, the revocation of the right to abortion is a huge victory. “It’s like the end of slavery,” she explains. A comparison often used by anti-abortion activists, a few hours before the closing of the last clinic in Mississippi.