New York City Mayor Eric Adams states his support for abortion up until the moment of birth



Eric Adams, the recently elected Mayor of New York City, condemned the pro-life movement as “radical” on Saturday as he pledged that he would “fight” to ensure that there are “no” limitations on abortion.

Fox News reported that the mayor attended a pro-abortion protest in New York City on Saturday and said that he doesn’t believe there should be any limitations on abortion.

When asked at the “Bans Off Our Bodies” demonstration in New York City whether he thinks there should be any limitations on abortion, Adams said “No, I do not.”

Using the hashtag “BansOffOurBodies,” Adams tweeted, “Abortion is health care. It’s that simple. And New York City won’t let a group of radical extremists take away health care or any human right without a fight.”

When pressed about supporting abortions up until the day of birth, Adams said, “I think women should have the right to choose [for] their bodies. Men should not have that right to choose how a woman should treat their body.”

On Saturday, pro-abortion “Bans Off Our Bodies” protests were held across the country. They came in response to a leaked draft of a majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that the Supreme Court was likely positioned to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The pro-abortion protests were organized by Planned Parenthood, Women’s March, and other organizations that prioritize access to abortion. Organizers of the protests said that these demonstrations mark the start of a potential “summer of rage” if the Supreme Court moves forward with repealing Roe.

There were more than 400 pro-abortion demonstrations on Saturday.

Despite this massive turn out, a recently conducted CNN poll indicates that a potential overturn of Roe will likely galvanize Republicans to come out and vote in the upcoming midterm elections more than it will Democrats.

The results of the poll came after the May 2 leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion and they indicated that enthusiasm for voting is lower among Democrats than it is among Republicans.

56% of Republican respondents said they were “extremely/very enthusiastic” about the upcoming election cycle while only 43% of Democrats said they felt similarly.

The Democratic Party and nonprofit groups affiliated with the party were able to raise millions of dollars shortly after the draft opinion leaked. This enthusiasm for donating to left-wing causes and the widespread pro-abortion protests suggested that Democrats had new waves of enthusiasm motivating their base to turn out, but, as CNN’s poll shows, this is not the case.

Democrats plan to fight potential Roe overturning — by sending out Kamala Harris. What could go wrong?



Pro-abortion Democrats outraged over news that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade are looking to Vice President Kamala Harris to be their champion. But Democrats should be warned; that strategy has been tried before, and failed.

What are the details?

The Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday that the embattled vice president "is likely to play an expanded role in pushing the Democrats’ political case on protecting abortion rights" ahead of a formal ruling on the matter, expected sometime this summer.

In a statement issued Tuesday in response to a leaked draft memo of the forthcoming decision, Harris took hold of her vaunted position and proclaimed, "This is the time to fight for women."

"Opponents of Roe want to punish women and take away their rights to make decisions about their own bodies. Republican legislators in states across the country are weaponizing the use of the law against women," the vice president argued.

She added: "The rights of all Americans are at risk. If the right to privacy is weakened, every person could face a future in which the government can potentially interfere in the personal decisions you make about your life. This is the time to fight for women and for our country with everything we have."

This is the time to fight for women and our country with everything we have. My statement on the Supreme Court decision draft on Roe v. Wade.pic.twitter.com/5tvjOUTmZ2
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@Vice President Kamala Harris) 1651596600

Harris's combative statement was met with a positive response from abortion advocates on social media, many of whom are enraged over the notion that the right to an abortion — which was invented out of thin air in Roe — could soon be sent back to the states for deliberation.

They want to see national Democrats step up and do something. The current idea being postulated is to eliminate the filibuster and codify abortion rights in federal law.

"This is a moment that @VP should step up, must step up and lead," tweeted author David Rothkopf.

This is a moment that @VP should step up, must step up and lead what will be a movement that should play a decisive role in this November's elections. She has a unique historical role and is more than capable of doing it. We need her now.https://twitter.com/HerbieZiskend46/status/1521542100697096192\u00a0\u2026
— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1651599313

Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali added, "Kamala Harris can emerge and own this moment ... She is the first Black female VP. She can marshall this energy and try to galvanize it."

Kamala Harris can emerge and own this moment. There is real righteous rage at Republicans for ending #RoeVWade. The majority wants fighters. She is the first Black female VP. She can marshall this energy and try to galvanize it. Smart political move as well. \n\nWho will step up?
— Wajahat Ali (@Wajahat Ali) 1651602604

Others on social media concurred with the opinion.

The Los Angeles Times even added that Harris "would be a natural point person for the administration to vocally raise the issue on the midterm campaign trail" thanks to her gender and her longstanding support for abortion.

"She’s been a champion of the pro-choice movement for a long time," noted Karen Finney, a NARAL Pro-Choice America board member and Harris ally. "She is a very important messenger to talk about the impact that this is going to have on women — from a health perspective, from the perspective of our bodily autonomy, from the perspective of rights, as a former attorney general."

What's the problem?

The problem for Democrats is this: Harris is historically unpopular and has failed remarkably at every initiative she's been tasked with leading as vice president — be that the border crisis, Russia-Ukraine diplomacy, or management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In fact, Republicans will likely welcome the news that Harris may be tapped to lead on the abortion issue.

Early in President Biden's term, Harris was named point person on the unprecedented immigration crisis on the southern border. She responded by never so much as making a trip to the border and ultimately unveiling a vague, "root causes" strategy with no "detailed timeline or specific policy actions to be taken." She has since moved on from that task, yet the border assault still rages.

Late last year, she created a significant snafu for the Biden administration when she confusingly stated that the administration "didn't see" waves of virus variants "coming."

Most recently, Harris embarrassed herself after being dispatched to Germany to meet with top European leaders in hopes of deescalating the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and decreasing the chances of war. During the meeting, she declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "made his decision" to invade Ukraine while also promising that the U.S. would "absolutely" deter Putin from invading Ukraine.

Harris's failures have resulted in her earning a historically low 28% approval rating and caused many of her senior staff to resign in attempt to save their own careers.

But now, she apparently hopes to turn the tides on her disappointing vice presidency by saving the day on one of the most consequential issues in modern American history.

‘Chilling,’ ‘deeply concerning,’ ‘bad news for the whole world’: Global abortion advocates melt down over potential worldwide reverberations of US overturning Roe v. Wade



A leaked draft indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to overturn its landmark ruling on abortion in Roe v. Wade sent progressive politicians and abortion advocates in the U.S. spiraling into a frenzy Monday night. But the pandemonium didn't stop at the nation's borders; rather, the reverberations could be felt around the globe.

According to VICE News, abortion activists all around the world lashed out Monday into Tuesday, lamenting over the potential "disturbing" and "chilling" consequences that the U.S. ruling could have on abortion rights in other countries and the movement at large.

"This is really bad news for the whole world," Polish abortion activist Natalia Broniarczyk told the outlet.

Hanneke van Halen, from Abortion Network Amsterdam, added in regret that "the normalisation of patriarchal violence in a world-dominating country like the US will have an impact on the reproductive rights of people everywhere."

Mandu Reid, who leads the U.K.’s Women's Equality Party (WEP), told VICE: "This is chilling news coming from the US, it is the latest disturbing attack on reproductive rights amidst a global backlash against women's equality."

Apparently, news that the U.S. had finally decided to dispel its invented notion that a woman has the constitutional right to kill an unborn child without government interference was "deeply concerning" to foreign activists.

Moreover, the fact that a majority of appointed justices would rule it better to instead return the controversial matter to the states, where elected lawmakers would decide what to do, was evidently troubling, too.

"We're talking about a handful of people — mostly conservative men — making life-changing decisions about women's bodily autonomy without their consent. But this applies to the UK too, where free, safe, and legal abortion still isn't a legal right and where underfunding leads to difficulties in women accessing contraception and abortions," Reid further argued.

Sarah Shaw, head of advocacy for MSI Reproductive Choices, a global pro-abortion group, expressed fear that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, "it would be the biggest setback to women’s rights in the U.S. in a generation and deeply concerning for global reproductive rights."

Together, many of the activists expressed support for the speedy codification of abortion rights in countries where such is possible. The same idea was posited in the U.S. by Democratic politicians — led by President Joe Biden — as a way to protect women's ability to terminate pregnancies without punishment.

In a draft decision obtained by Politico on Monday, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, said, "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," referring to two separate decisions that enshrined and upheld abortion rights.

Alito went on to call Roe "egregiously wrong from the start."

"Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division," he continued, adding, "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."

March for Life draws massive crowds to DC as Supreme Court appears ready to roll back abortion rights, overturn Roe v. Wade



Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday for the 2022 March for Life, declaring their support for the unborn and calling for an end to abortion in the United States. They've been doing it since 1973, the same year that abortion rights were deemed "constitutional" as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade.

Now, nearly a half-century later, their dreams may become a reality.

This year, the Supreme Court is widely expected to overturn or at least dramatically roll back abortion rights established in Roe when it issues a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that concerns a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

During oral arguments last year, conservative justices on the nation's top court appeared inclined to side with the state in the case. Such a ruling — which is set to be issued this summer — would necessitate a drastic reinterpretation of abortion rights since legal precedents on the issue stem directly from Roe and a 1992 ruling, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that reaffirmed Roe.

If Roe is overturned, abortion would be outlawed in at least a dozen states, with many other states now drafting legislation to join the list.

Something 'big' is coming

The real prospect that abortion could be outlawed in large swaths of the country has reinvigorated pro-life advocates at this year's 49th annual March for Life.

“There is a very big feeling in the pro-life movement and with the young people we work with that something very big is on the horizon,” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told the Washington Post.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life group, told the Post that, for many years, hope for an end to Roe felt “very, very far away," but now, she said, “I see great hope and numbers and enthusiasm.”

“We are hoping and praying that this year, 2022, will bring a historic change for life,” said March for Life President Jeanne Mancini, in a press release.

"You can never really read the tea leaves and how these justices are going to [decide] ... but gauging by the questions that were asked, it looks very positive," Mancini added in an interview with Fox News.

Signs distributed at the rally encapsulated the excitement. Some read, "We are the post-Roe generation," "Dismantle Roe," and "The future is anti-abortion." Among attendees, there was a real feeling that a major step toward an abortion-free America was soon to be taken.

This year's theme for the march was "Equality Begins in the Womb."

"The word equality is often used but rarely defined. ... The truth is that we are all equal in dignity, regardless of skin color, disability status, socioeconomic background, or stage of life, including earliest stages of life. Every life has inherent human dignity and every life matters," Mancini said in prepared remarks.

Speakers at the rally included Christian actor and activist Kirk Cameron, Reps. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Chris Smith, (R-N.J.), and Down syndrome advocate Katie Shaw. Grammy-nominated singer Matthew West kicked off the event with a pre-rally concert.

But 'our work is far from over'

In subsequent comments to Fox News, Mancini noted that even if Roe is overturned, her organization's work will not be ended. Rather, it will just be the start of a new chapter in the pro-life movement.

"Our mission at the March for Life is to create a culture where abortion is unthinkable," Mancini said. "Our work is far from over."

She said that if the issue of abortion is indeed sent back to the states for consideration, her organization would refocus efforts toward state legislatures, continue to advocate for pro-life laws, and raise awareness about abortion pills and federal attempts to codify Roe.

A more finite, though unlikely, option would be to press for the passage of a right to life constitutional amendment that would finally outlaw abortive practices completely.

Since 1973, more than 63 million abortions have been performed in the United States, most of which are not undertaken for reasons related to the mother's or her baby's health. Since 2016, roughly one in every five babies is terminated through abortion.

But pro-life advocates hope that starting this year, everything will change.

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