US abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Tuesday
May 13, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
US abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests

USA

Reuters
14 May, 2022, 04:45 pm
Last modified: 14 May, 2022, 04:47 pm

Related News

  • First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face discrimination
  • Nearing 100, Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir blasts 'old world' Trump
  • The end of Pax Americana holds opportunities for the UK
  • Zelensky says minerals deal with US 'truly equal'
  • US blacklist on China is riddled with errors, outdated details

US abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests

Reuters
14 May, 2022, 04:45 pm
Last modified: 14 May, 2022, 04:47 pm
US abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests

Abortion rights supporters will protest in cities across the United States on Saturday, kicking off what organizers said would be "a summer of rage" if the US Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.

Planned Parenthood, Women's March and other abortion rights groups organized more than 300 "Bans Off Our Bodies" marches for Saturday, with the largest turnouts expected in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Chicago.

The demonstrations are in response to the 2 May leak of a draft opinion showing the court's conservative majority ready to reverse the 1973 landmark decision that established a federal constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The court's final ruling, which could give states the power to ban abortion, is expected in June. About half of US states could ban or severely restrict abortion soon after a ruling vacating Roe.

Organizers said they anticipated hundreds of thousands of people to participate in Saturday's events, which they said would be the first of many coordinated protests around the Supreme Court's decision.

"For the women of this country, this will be a summer of rage," said Rachel Carmona, president of Women's March. "We will be ungovernable until this government starts working for us, until the attacks on our bodies let up, until the right to an abortion is codified into law."

Democrats, who currently hold the White House and both chambers of Congress, hope that backlash to the Supreme Court decision will carry their party's candidates to victory in the November midterm elections.

But voters will be weighing abortion rights against other issues such as the soaring prices of food and gas, and they may be skeptical of Democrats' ability to protect abortion access after efforts to pass legislation that would enshrine abortion rights in federal law failed.

On Saturday, demonstrators in New York City plan to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, while protesters in Washington will meet at the Washington Monument and then head to the Supreme Court. Los Angeles protesters planned to meet at City Hall, and a group in Austin was to convene at Texas' state capitol.

In the past week, protesters have gathered outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, who have voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to the leaked opinion.

Students for Life of America, an anti-abortion advocacy group with campus chapters across the country, said it was holding counter protests on Saturday in nine US cities, including in Washington.

World+Biz

USA / USA abortion law

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Employees of the now-dissolved NBR hold a protest programme in front of the revenue board's HQ on 13 May. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS
    Dissolution of NBR: Employees announce three-day pen-down strike
  • File photo of a new NBR office in Agargaon, Dhaka. Photo: UNB
    Restructuring NBR essential to raise tax-GDP ratio, improve efficiency: CA Office
  • Infographics: TBS
    Tough start to 2025 for MNCs as costs and energy shortages bite

MOST VIEWED

  • Food, fertilisers, raw materials: NBR plans advance tax on 200 duty-free imports
    Food, fertilisers, raw materials: NBR plans advance tax on 200 duty-free imports
  • A view of the state-owned Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka, illuminated in the evening. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
    InterContinental seeks Tk900cr govt-backed loan to recover from losses
  • Illustration: TBS
    Awami League, all its affiliates now officially banned
  • Infograph: TBS
    More woes for businesses as govt plans almost doubling minimum tax
  • Commuters resort to using rickshaws amid a lack of CNGs on 16 February 2025. Photo: TBS
    Is a rickshaw-free Dhaka really possible?
  • Photo: TBS
    Tea exports jump by 58% in 2024

Related News

  • First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face discrimination
  • Nearing 100, Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir blasts 'old world' Trump
  • The end of Pax Americana holds opportunities for the UK
  • Zelensky says minerals deal with US 'truly equal'
  • US blacklist on China is riddled with errors, outdated details

Features

Stryker was released three months ago, with an exclusive deal with Foodpanda. Photo: Courtesy

Steve Long’s journey from German YouTuber to Bangladeshi entrepreneur

21h | Panorama
Photo: Courtesy

No drill, no fuss: Srijani’s Smart Fit Lampshades for any space

2d | Brands
Photo: Collected

Bathroom glow-up: 5 easy ways to upgrade your washroom aesthetic

2d | Brands
The design language of the fourth generation Velfire is more mature than the rather angular, maximalist approach of the last generation. PHOTO: Arfin Kazi

2025 Toyota Vellfire: The Japanese land yacht

2d | Wheels

More Videos from TBS

There will be no problem if Awami League is not in the elections

There will be no problem if Awami League is not in the elections

1h | TBS Today
CPB does not want the 1972  constitution to be repealed

CPB does not want the 1972 constitution to be repealed

1h | TBS Today
Delicious Spicy Potato Kebab

Delicious Spicy Potato Kebab

6m | TBS Programs
Festive Mood at CU Ahead of 5th Convocation, Budget Nears Tk 140 Million

Festive Mood at CU Ahead of 5th Convocation, Budget Nears Tk 140 Million

2h | TBS Today
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net