Obama reiterates commitment to women's reproductive rights

The President of United States, Barack Obama, yesterday reiterated its commitment to the defence of the reproductive rights of women, in the framework of the 39 anniversary of the ruling of the Supreme Court that legalized abortion in this country.

To commemorate the "39 anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this decision of the Supreme Court not only protects health and reproductive freedom for women but it also claims one greater principle: that Government should not interfere in private family matters", said Obama said in a statement issued by the White House.

"Remain committed to the protection of the right of women to choose (abortion) and this fundamental constitutional law", he added.

To recognize that the right to abortion in the United States.UU. is "a sensitive and often divide matter", Obama stressed that, regardless of the positions on the subject, "we must remain United in our determination to prevent unwanted pregnancies, support to" u000a"mothers and pregnant women, to encourage healthy relationships and to promote".

"To mark this historic anniversary, also should continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms and opportunities than our children to achieve their dreams", he pointed out Obama, father of two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States.United States ruled in the case known as "Roe v. Wade" that a State law at that time in Texas violated the law constitutional "due process", established in the 14 amendment.

The case was presented on behalf of a woman who challenged the State law allowing abortion only to save the lives of women. On that occasion, 30 of the 50 States have laws similar to that of Texas.

The 7-2 opinion of the Supreme determined, for practical purposes that the decision of a woman to abort is protected by their right to life private.

u000aHe determined that the State may not prohibit abortion in the first quarter, but left open the door to States impose regulations from the second quarter, or even prohibit abortion in the last quarter, when the fetus is viable outside the womb.

In your Web site, the Guttmacher Institute, a group of research in favour of abortion, said that worldwide the rate of abortions has remained almost unchanged for 2008 to 28 abortions per 1,000 women in reproductive age (15-44 years).

United States, almost half of pregnancies – more than three million a year - are not planned and nearly four of every 10 end in abortion, according to the Institute.

The Court decision meets each year to groups for and against the right to the abortion issue that also has re-emerged in the presidential debates in Washington.

Conservative groups carried out today several acts of monitors and protests against the u000aopinion and demand further restrictions on access to abortion clinics

Noon will be the "March for life" in the "Mall" of Washington, in which thousands of activists and students leave up the steps of the Supreme with graphic images of fetuses aborted in late stages of gestation.

While feminist groups in favor of abortion, among these ChoiceUSA, and the national women's organization, will meet with the Supreme to require the continuous defence of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

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