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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 30 June 2020
Abortion foes vent disappointment after Supreme Court ruling

Continued from Front that “I do look forward to
the day when the Supreme
“We need a solid pro-life Court will correct the gross
majority on the Supreme injustice of the Roe v. Wade
Court to uphold the rights decision that has led to the
of women and the un- killing of tens of millions of
born.” unborn babies.”
Johnnie Moore, an evan- Russell Moore, president of
gelical adviser to the Trump the public policy arm of the
administration, said the Southern Baptist Conven-
decision could help moti- tion, defended Louisiana’s
vate anti-abortion activists abortion law as “placing
to vote to reelect the pre- the most minimal restric-
sident to give him a third tions possible on an abor-
chance to put a nominee tion industry that insists on
on the Supreme Court. laissez-faire for itself and its
“Conservatives know they profits.” “Nonetheless, we
are on the one-yard-line,” will continue to seek an
Moore tweeted. “Enthu- America where vulnerable
siasm is already unprece- persons, including unborn
dented, evangelical tur- children and their mothers,
nout will be too.” are seen as precious, not
The Trump campaign also disposable,” said Moore,
invoked the decision to Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Pro-Life San Francisco, holds a model of a fetus as she and other who leads the Ethics & Re-
appeal to voters in a state- anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, Monday, June 29, 2020. ligious Liberty Commission.
Associated Press
ment from deputy commu- The chairman of the U.S.
nications director Ali Pardo. concurred with the court’s berts,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R- his vote as one to protect Conference of Catholic
“This case underscores the four more liberal justices Ark., said in a statement. the court’s past precedent, Bishops’ Committee for
importance of re-electing while not signing onto their “What’s next, Chief Jus- left other religious conser- Pro-Life Activities, Arch-
President Trump, who has opinion in the case. tice Roberts? Our Second vatives vowing to rededi- bishop Joseph Naumann of
a record of appointing “Chief Justice Roberts is at Amendment rights?” Rep. cate themselves to their Kansas City in Kansas, said
conservative judges, rather it again with his political Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, twee- fight to overturn the 1973 in a statement that Catho-
than Joe Biden, who will ap- gamesmanship,” Sen. Ted ted. Roe v. Wade decision that lics would “grieve this deci-
point radical, activist jud- Cruz, R-Texas, tweeted. Missouri GOP Sen. Josh established abortion rights. sion” but would “continue
ges who will legislate from “This time he has sided with Hawley, a former Roberts “This case was about to pray and fight for justice
the courts,” Pardo said. abortion extremists who clerk, tweeted that the de- whether the state has the for mothers and children.”
Some right-leaning abor- care more about providing cision was a “disaster” and right to ensure that aborti- “We will not rest until the
tion foes — including at abortion-on-demand than “a big-time wake up call onists who take women’s day when the Supreme
least three congressional protecting women’s he- to religious conservatives,” money also provide for Court corrects the grave
Republicans — responded alth.” whom he urged to “make their safety,” Family Re- injustice of Roe ... and re-
to the decision by criticizing “Americans hoping for jus- our voices heard.” search Council President cognizes the Constitutio-
Chief Justice John Roberts, tice for women and un- But Roberts’ move to stand Tony Perkins, a prominent nal right to life for unborn
appointed by President born babies were let down apart from his more liberal pro-Trump evangelical ally, human beings,” Naumann
George W. Bush. Roberts again today by John Ro- colleagues, contextualizing said in a statement, adding said.q

Florida site of GOP convention orders wearing of masks

By TAMARA LUSH and tance.” that the head of the
EMILY SCHMALL White House spokeswom- World Health Organization
Associated Press an Kayleigh McEnany said warned that the pandem-
The city of Jacksonville, the president’s advice is ic is “not even close to be-
Florida, where mask- to “do whatever your lo- ing over” and is accelerat-
averse President Donald cal jurisdiction requests of ing.
Trump plans to accept you.” “The worst is yet to come,”
the Republican nomina- Trump has refused to wear said Tedros Adhanom
tion in August, ordered the a mask on recent trips to Ghebreyesu. “With this
wearing of face coverings states and businesses that kind of environment and
Monday, joining the list of require them. condition, we fear the
state and local govern- In recent weeks, the Re- worst.”
ments reversing course to publicans moved some Health authorities have re-
try to beat back a resur- of the convention pag- corded more than 10 mil-
gence of the coronavirus. eantry to Jacksonville af- lion confirmed infections People, social distancing and wearing masks to prevent
Less than a week after ter Democratic Gov. Roy and a half-million deaths the spread of the new coronavirus, wait in line at a mask
Mayor Lenny Curry said Cooper of North Carolina globally, including 2.5 mil- distribution event, Friday, June 26, 2020, in a COVID-19 hotspot
of the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.
that there would be no objected to the holding lion cases and 126,000 Associated Press
mask requirement, city of a large gathering in lives lost in the United
officials announced that Charlotte without social- States. The U.S. is seeing a per day. far higher, in part because
coverings must be worn distancing measures. surge in confirmed cases, Experts say the actual of testing limitations and
in “situations where indi- The Jacksonville order especially in the South and numbers, both in the U.S. the large number of peo-
viduals cannot socially dis- came on the same day West, with about 40,000 and globally, are probably ple without symptoms.q