Such widespread protests have previously encouraged Chapek to come out against the so-called Don't Say Gay bill. At least one officer threatened to arrest and charge the protesters for violating Maryland law. Others shouted: 'Your life is a lie!' and 'We will not go back!'Ĭops stood guard outside the justices' homes and, after what appeared to be a clash with demonstrators, ordered the activists to leave. 'Keep abortion safe and legal,' the pro-abortion protesters chanted while they stood in the streets holding candles and signs.
Wade will not put an end to abortion, but instead will end safe abortions. Images of coat hangers were chalked on the street outside the justices' homes, an apparent attempt to reinforce the pro-choice argument that overturning Roe v. On Sunday, pro-choice protesters screamed 'you don't care if people die' while picketing the house of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, after dozens of demonstrators gathered in the rain the day before and marched towards the homes of conservative Justices Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.įormer Disney CEO Bob Iger has previously spoken out against such bans on abortionĪs a result, protests have sprung up across the country, prompting guards to erect tall fencing around the Supreme Court. The decision, though, is not yet final until the court formally announces its decision in the Dobbs v. 'It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives.' 'We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. 'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,' Alito writes in the opinion. It was written by Justice Samuel Alito back in February, and has since been verified by Chief Justice John Roberts. Wade and eliminate the Constitutional right to an abortion. Yet current CEO Bob Chapek has not yet said anything about the leaked draft decision, which would overturn Roe v. 'Right now, we are watching it very carefully,' Iger added, noting: 'I don't see how it's practical for us to continue to shoot there.' 'I think many people who work for us will not want to work there, and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard,' he told Reuters at the time. In 2019, he said it would be 'very difficult,' for the company to continue to film in Georgia - where it has produced blockbusters like Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame - due to a bill that would ban abortions after a doctor could detect a fetal heart beat, which occurs at about six weeks. The company was trading at $110.29 on Sunday, down about 20 percent since Chapek issued a statement opposing the so-called Don't Say Gay bill and down about 67 percent from last yearįormer Disney CEO Bob Iger had previously spoken out against bans on abortion. Its stocks have also plummeted nearly 20 percent since CEO Bob Chapek first issued a statement opposing the bill on March 11 and by Sunday, shares for the media conglomerate were trading at $110.29 - down a whopping 67 percent from the same time last year, when it was trading at $184.84. Ron DeSantis and his fellow Republicans have since lashed out at Disney, and the company's huge Walt Disney World Resort is now losing its self-governance status in the state. Wade ruling giving women a constitutional right to terminate their pregnancies.īut Disney - which has previously spoken out against laws that would prohibit abortions - has yet to issue a statement after it saw its stocks plummet 20 per cent following its public opposition to Florida's Parental Rights in Education Bill - also known as the Don't Say Gay Bill.ĭisney said in March that it would suspend political donations in the state and added that it would in turn support organizations working to oppose the new law.īut the entertainment giant's interference prompted ferocious blowback that has seen Disney suffer financially and politically.įlorida Gov. Protests have sprung up throughout the country in big cities as well as small towns since Politico released a draft decision last week showing that the conservative Supreme Court majority would put an end to the 1973 Roe v. Disney's silence on a leak suggesting the US could end nationwide legal abortion has triggered speculation it has learned to keep quiet after meddling in a controversial new Florida law.
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