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Rage Against the Machine Slams SCOTUS Abortion Ruling, Donates $475K To Abortion Rights Groups
Rage Against the Machine has criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday.
iexclusivenews reports that Rage Against the Machine stated that it would be donating $475,000 to abortion rights groups.
“We are disgusted by the repeal of Roe v. Wade and the devastating impact it will have on tens of millions of people,” the band said in a statement on Instagram.
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“To date, our fans have raised $475,000.00 from the sale of our charity tickets at Alpine Valley and the United Center. We are donating that money to reproductive rights organizations in Wisconsin and Illinois,” it added.
Rage Against the Machine will perform on July 9 at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, and on July 11 and 12 at the United Center in Chicago.
“Like the many women who have organized sophisticated railroads of resistance to challenge these attacks on our collective reproductive freedom, we must continue to resist,” the band wrote.
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The development comes after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned a 50-year-old precedent of a constitutional right to abortion.
Eliciting a combination of joy from conservatives and outrage and dread from Democrats.
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When asked if the Supreme Court was broken after signing the bipartisan gun bill on Saturday, President Biden said,
“I think the Supreme Court has made some awful decisions.”
Democrats have encouraged Biden to take executive action to defend abortion rights.
However, iexclusivenews Nigeria reports that two senators reiterated their comments on Saturday.
The president has previously stated that he is considering executive action, but it is unclear what form such action may take.