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Alternative rock band Rage Against the Machine returned to the stage for their first performance in 11 years and did not mince words when expressing their anger about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
During a show Saturday at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Wisconsin, the band broadcasted several captions on a screen on stage blasting the high court over its decision to reverse the 1973 ruling on abortion rights – with one caption going as far as to suggest an elimination of the court, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
In addition to speaking out in favor of abortion rights, the captions touched on a number of other hot-button issues, including a reference to women as “birth-givers” and highlighting the rate of child gun violence victims.
Members of the group Rage Against the Machine accept their Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance during the pretelecast show in Los Angeles February 21, 2001.
“Forced birth in a country that is the only wealthy country in the world without any guaranteed paid parental leave at the national level,” one caption read.
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Lead singer Zack de La Rocha yelled out “freedom” repeatedly as another caption went across the screen that read, “Forced birth in a country where Black birth-givers experience maternal mortality two to three times higher than that of white birth-givers.”
“Forced birth in a country where gun violence is the number one cause of death among children and teenagers,” another caption read.
The band’s sequence ended as a bold caption went across the screen that read, “ABORT THE SUPREME COURT.”
The band Rage Against The Machine perform during the Rock The Bells Festival in New York July 28, 2007. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
The performance comes just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion, meaning states can now make their own laws pertaining to abortion rights.
Several Republican-led states have already enacted abortion bans or restrictions, and more states are expected to follow suit. Meanwhile, multiple Democratic states have implemented measures to expand abortion access and offer protections in cases where a woman travels from another state to receive the procedure.
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Lead singer Zack de la Rocha performs with Rage Against the Machine at their reunion concert during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California April 29, 2007. The band split up in 2000. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting access to abortions and contraception.
