Jake Shields (Credits: UFC)
Former UFC fighter and Strikeforce champion Jake Shields voices his opinion over the US Supreme Court killing abortion rights
The Supreme Court of the United States of America passed the most stringent anti-abortion law in their history earlier today. The court ended the right to abortion in a tremorous ruling that pulverizes half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.
The court dominated by conservative mindset, overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v Wade” decision that empowered a woman’s right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves.
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” the court said.
“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion,” he said.
This preposterous ruling will lead to a series of stringent new laws being drafted in roughly half of the 50 US states that will severely restrict or outright ban and criminalize abortions, forcing women to travel long distances to states that still permit the procedure.
The opinion shredded the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling by the nation’s highest court that said women had the right to abortion based on the constitutional right to privacy over their own bodies.
This victory for religious right was met with some serious resistance, as people poured on the streets in numbers to protest. Many have viewed this ruling as turning back the clock to 50 pus years and inhuman.
Dallas was amongst the first states to back the hearing, while videos of women twerking in protest surfaced the internet. Video footage showed the group twerking and dancing to loud music, while one woman held a sign that read, “I Am Ruthless for My Rights”
Former UFC fighter and Strikeforce champion Jake Shields has a reputation for being two-fisted and unapologetic about his opinion. He is often seen engaging in hour-long Twitter threads, debating, mocking, and voicing his views.
Shields is in support of the latest hearing and reacted to the viral video mockingly by saying, ‘Not only do I support these women getting abortions i strongly encourage it’
He added by saying, ‘Not only do I support these women getting abortions i strongly encourage it’
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