"Horrific": World leaders react to end of Roe v. Wade in U.S.

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Source: axios




11 hours ago - World


First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Image

Many world leaders and international human rights groups condemned Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and effectively ending all federal protections on abortion in the United States. Others, including the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life, praised it.

The big picture: With Friday's decision, the U.S. became a global outlier on abortion rights, joining just three other countries that have rolled back abortion access since 1994, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. In the last 25 years, nearly 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws.

Here's a look at how world leaders and politicians reacted to Friday's decision:
"One of the darkest days for women's rights"

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: "One of the darkest days for women’s rights in my lifetime. Obviously the immediate consequences will be suffered by women in the US - but this will embolden anti-abortion & anti-women forces in other countries too. Solidarity doesn’t feel enough right now - but it is necessary."


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: "I think it's a big step backwards ..........................

French President Emmanuel Macron: "Abortion is a fundamental right for all women. It must be protected. I wish to express my solidarity with the women whose liberties are being undermined by the Supreme Court of the United States."



Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "The news coming out of the United States is horrific...No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body. I want women in Canada to know that we will always stand up for your right to choose."

Antonia Orellana, Chile's minister of women and gender equality:..........................................


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Read more: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/roe-wade-abortion-ruling-world-leader-reactions

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When people are sent to jail, they loose their freedoms. That is what is happening to women right now. No need to even try to have an abortion--our Freedom to choose to already jailed!






Senator Ben Ray Luján
@SenatorLujan
SCOTUS just sent our country backwards, where now Americans cannot attain the medical care they were once constitutionally entitled to.

Women just became second class citizens under the eye of the law.

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[TheRickles]

1. The US joins El Salvador, Nicaragua and Poland....

As the only countries to have rolled back abortion rights since 1994. Interesting that all three countries are predominantly Catholic, as is our Supreme Court.

[IronLionZion]

6. When Sharia Law came to America

it was wrapped in an American flag and carrying a Christian cross

[wnylib]

7. Americans have more to fear from Canon law

than from Sharia law.

[IronLionZion]

8. Americans are afraid of foreigners while getting stabbed in the heart by Americans

[onetexan]

10. K&R!!

[The Jungle 1]

2. We are a fascist nation

Vote to end fascism

[Earth-shine]

3. It's another blow to what used be called our "moral authority."

[ShazzieB]

4. It's official: the U.S. is now a shithole country. 😑

Welcome to America, where guns have more rights than women.

[mnhtnbb]

5. Of course the Vatican praised it.

According to them, women aren't equal to men, and besides, they need a constant supply of little boys they can diddle.

The next time I encounter a Catholic priest, I will not be polite.

[ladym55]

9. When Boris Johnson thinks you have taken a step backward ...

Nice going, Rethuglicans.