James Corden Shares ‘Utter Disgust And Anger’ At Supreme Court’s Decision On Abortion
28.06.2022 - 04:51
/ etcanada.com
James Corden blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle federal protections for abortion rights in a new video posted online on Monday.
Corden, 43, addressed the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade from his hometown of London, where he’s set to record a week’s worth of shows.
The actor and late-night house began by talking about abortion rights in the U.K., which have existed since 1967. “Now, if that was ever to change, it would take at least 326 elected officials to agree to such a thing,” Corden said, referring to the House of Commons.
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“It would then take another 400 appointees in the House of Lords to vote on that bill before it could ever become law,” he continued. “So that’s nearly 800 people who would all have to agree before the fundamental rights of half the population would be endangered in the United Kingdom.”
Corden then contrasted the political process required to end abortion rights in the U.K. with that in America, first speaking about his own experience in the country. “For the past eight years, I’ve been living, working, [and] raising my young family in America,” he said. “It’s a place I love.”
But, he added, “You don’t need to live in the United States, or even have an American child as I do to feel utter disgust and anger at the news from the Supreme Court where six politically appointed judges can make a decision that ends the constitutional right to abortion across America.”
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“A woman’s right to choose what happens to her own body, wiped out in a moment in the