Post by account_disabled on Feb 26, 2024 22:31:35 GMT -6
The recent news about the US Supreme Court ruling – which eliminates the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years – has sparked protests across the country and celebrities have not been immune to the situation.
According to News Week , artists are protesting the anti-abortion law at the popular Glastonbury Festival, where they used the stage not only to delight listeners with their music, but also to let the authorities know what they think.
Artists protest anti-abortion law
Fuck you!, says Olivia Rodrigo to the Supreme Court
Held in Glastonbury, England, the festival is considered Chinese American Phone Number List the largest outdoor music event in the world, bringing together more than 100,000 people each year during the last weekend of June at Michael Eavis' farm.
On this occasion, the performances led a chorus of condemnations from the artists who attended, after the US Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Roe v. Wade trial, carried out in 1973, which legalized abortion to Nacional level.
Olivia Rodrigo, a 19-year-old American singer, dedicated one of her tracks, titled Fuck you! to the Supreme Court, accompanied by artist Lily Allen. In addition to explaining to the audience that:
«The Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v. Wade , which is a law that guarantees a woman's right to a safe abortion and other basic human rights. "I am devastated and terrified, so many women and girls are going to die because of this."
Olivia Rodrigo, singer.
However, Rodrigo clarified that the dedication was only addressed to the judges who had voted for the repeal of the Roe versus Wade ruling.
Artists protest anti-abortion law
Other celebrities joined the protest, such as Lorde – a 25-year-old singer from New Zealand – who sent a strong message to the audience: «Do you girls want to hear a secret? Their bodies were meant to be controlled, and objectified before they were born. That horror is their birthright.
«But here is another secret. You have strength. That wisdom is also your birthright. Today I ask you to make the exercise of that wisdom the work of your life because everything depends on it. “Fuck the Supreme Court.”
For her part, Billie Eilish — a 20-year-old American singer-songwriter — when presenting her hit song “Your Power ,” which deals with older men who abuse their power to influence others, told festival attendees: “Today It's a really dark day for women in the US and I'm just going to say that because I can't stand to think anymore. This song is dedicated to this, I guess..."
USA “back to the Middle Ages”
Joe Talbot, leader of the British rock band, Idles , has also reacted to the matter, pointing out that the legislative decision had taken the United States “back to the Middle Ages.”
With the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court leaves it up to each of the country's 50 states to write their own abortion laws. And at least 26 states are expected to ban it immediately, or as soon as possible after the ruling, affecting tens of millions of women.