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Cannes (France) (AFP) – Actress Eva Longoria said the restrictive abortion laws passed in the US states of Alabama and Missouri pose a threat to women, while the stars were organizing a protest against the bans on the red carpet in Cannes on Saturday.
"What is happening in Alabama is so important in the world," said the star of "Desperate Housewives," referring to the US state that banned layoffs, even in cases of rape or death. incest.
"It will affect everyone if we are not careful."
Longoria – a pro-choice Catholic – warned of a "domino effect" with a dozen other US states controlled by Republicans seeking to curtail women's rights to abortion.
Last year, the Latina actress produced the documentary Netflix "Reversing Roe" which showed that pro-life groups were decisively attacking to overturn the historic decision of the US Supreme Court that had legalized the abortion in 1973.
Spanish star, Penelope Cruz, has joined the group of actresses presided over by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rossi de Palma and French director Claire Denis, as part of a rally on the red carpet for the right to the ### 39; abortion.
The rally was originally to support the Argentinean documentary "Let It Be Law", which was first presented Saturday in the official selection of the festival.
It tells the story of the struggle for women's rights in this huge country of Latin America, largely Catholic, which has bitterly divided into abortion.
– Protest on the red carpet –
During the demonstration, pro-choice Argentinian activists created a "green wave" of women waving green handkerchiefs, a symbol of the Argentinian movement for abortion.
One of them was wearing a striking green prom dress embroidered around the hem with a slogan in Spanish stating: "Legal, safe and free abortion".
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, whose film "Pain & Glory" starring Cruz and Antonio Banderas is one of the festival's first-prize favorites, also waved a green handkerchief at a rally in support .
Months of demonstrations to decriminalize abortion in Pope Francis' homeland culminated in a decisive vote in the Senate in February.
But in his eighth attempt, the law failed in the final vote by 38 votes to 31, bringing thousands of people to the streets of Buenos Aires in protest.
"That night, I almost died of cold, rain, almost broke my camera," Juan Solanas, who directed the documentary, told AFP.
"I felt angry and indignant," said the son of the famous director Fernando "Pino" Solanas, 52, who won the prize for best director in Cannes for his film " On ", published in 1988.
"I grew up in an atheistic family (and) I respect people's beliefs, but it's medieval and violent to impose them on people who do not think the same thing," he added.
Solanas said restrictions such as those adopted in Alabama and Missouri would kill women.
"In Argentina, a woman dies every week as a result of an illegal abortion – more than one a day in Latin America, where 300 million women live without the right to terminate their pregnancies."
Longoria, one of the founders of the Time & # 39; s Up movement that advocates for gender equality and women's rights, said at a Kering Conference "Women in Motion" in Cannes Friday that the group would likely be involved in the US presidential election next year.
"We are trying to understand what is the role of Time & # 39; s Up in these elections and how can we impact," she said.
Despite the momentum generated after #MeToo, she said in a general way about the workplace "statistics go the wrong way, we do not improve."
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