Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 25: The US Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to ban all forms of abortion bucked a global trend toward more liberal reproductive rights and brought rare criticism from some of America’s closest friends.
The judgement was made just one day after the Supreme Court overturned a few minor gun control laws, which, along with the US’s support for the death penalty, has long horrified other Western countries.
The ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday will have “huge consequences” around the globe, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative who collaborated closely with former President Donald Trump, whose court nominees made it possible.
“I think it’s a big step backwards. I’ve always believed in a woman’s right to choose and I stick to that view, and that’s why the UK has the laws that it does,” Johnson said on a visit to Rwanda.
The choice made across the border was criticised as “horrific” by Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada.
Trudeau wrote on Twitter, “No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body.”
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.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 24, 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron also expressed his “solidarity with women whose freedoms are being challenged” by the US Supreme Court.
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde declared that safe and legal abortion was a fundamental right.
“Depriving women of their individual rights is a backlash against decades of hard-fought work,” Linde said.
