New Delhi: John Oliver, host of the popular show “Last Week Tonight,” wasted no time in addressing the raging topic of the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortion legal, Roe v. Wade.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, on Sunday’s edition of his HBO show, Oliver said the move is “absolutely appalling,” as nearly half of the 50 US states are likely to ban abortions. “It’s hard to stomach some of the gleeful reactions right now,” Oliver said, pointing to the Texas Attorney General’s office deciding to close its offices at noon on Friday and declare June 24 as an annual holiday for the office. “You don’t get a holiday to celebrate the loss of the rights of millions, and it’s called Columbus Day,” Oliver said.
She also noted former Vice President Last Week Tonight’s statement, which read, “Today, life is won. (It is) very hard to take that for some, especially people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, forced pregnancy is a Death can happen. sentence.”
He also rejected arguments by proponents of reversal that adoption or abortion are “reasonable” options in a state where it is legal.
“Even when planned, pregnancy is the best-cast scenario, a major medical event that rips your butt open, rips off your organs and then misplaces them. The idea that you Might seek another abortion in another state is outrageous on the face of it before you consider that some lawmakers are already openly looking for ways to punish out-of-state abortions.” They said.
Oliver also argued that it would not go back to the “pre-cry days” as some have called it, but was in fact “unknown territory” because investigation of any pregnancy loss was considered a criminal act in those states. who have now banned abortion. That means investigators can access things like electronic records, search histories, text messages and the like if they suspect someone may have performed an abortion, which was apparently unavailable prior to the 1973 ruling.
“What the Supreme Court has just done is absolutely disastrous. The message the Supreme Court sends is very clear: We don’t care if pregnancy kills you, we don’t care if you don’t want to get pregnant, we ‘You don’t care at all,’ Oliver said.