Right to abortion, East interchange: demonstrations in Toulouse
In Toulouse, two demonstrations are applied on July 2 and 3: one in support of the right to abortion, and one against the East junction interchange project.
Two angry collectives are mobilizing on Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3. In Toulouse, “Abortion in Europe, women decide” calls for a demonstration, Saturday at 12 p.m., Square Charles de Gaulleand “No to the East Junction” organize a rally rue Maurice Hurel (on the site of the future interchange), Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m..
Constitutionalization of the right to abortion, cancellation of the road interchange project east of Toulouse
In the city center, feminist associations and trade unions are reacting to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States effectively prohibiting abortion. Mobilization is planned in about thirty cities in France. ” The right to abortion and access to this right may be challenged or suffer setbacks in France as in other countries “, declares the collective in a press release.
He thus wants the constitutionalization of the right to abortion, that is to say its inclusion in the Constitution, in order toestablish as a fundamental right. Beyond France, in order to reverse the trend of regression on this right, particularly in Poland and Hungary, we demand that the right to abortion be the competence of the European Union States and not of the adds “Abortion in Europe, women decide”.
To the east of Toulouse, at the end of rue Maurice Hurel, residents of neighboring neighborhoods are mobilizing against a road project. This interchange, whose work was to begin in 2024, is planned between exits 17 and 18 of the ring road.
The group denounces a project ” anachronistic, destroyer of the quality of life of the inhabitants, useless and remunerated ». He fears many nuisances, including pollution, as well as an impact on recreational areas (parks and surrounding infrastructure).
“No to the East Junction” calls for the cancellation of the project, the cost of which is 80 million euros ” correspond, for example, to the financing of more than 300 km of cycle paths, or at the cost of the new Télé urban cable caroh “.