Halsey screened a video about Roe v. Wade during the first show on their ‘Love And Power’ tour in Florida on Tuesday (May 17).The pop star has always been vocal about their support of abortion rights, especially in light of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court that recently suggested the landmark 1973 ruling would be overturned, threatening the status of legal abortion in the US.“Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures performed today, more than 99 per cent safe in fact,” read a title screen in a video of protest footage that played behind Halsey as they performed ‘Nightmare’. “Nearly 8 in 10 Americans oppose overturning Roe v.
Wade. Black women suffer from maternal mortality at rates three times higher than white women.“So far this year, 1,991 total provisions related to sexual and reproductive health and rights have been introduced across 46 states,” it continued. “In Oklahoma and Texas, abortion is banned at six weeks, before many know they’re pregnant.
89 per cent of US counties don’t have an abortion provider. There are now 16 states where 95 per cent of counties do not have an abortion clinic.
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