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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/world-leaders-slam-horrific-us-abortion-ruling-canada-uk-france-2769771 2022-06-24
-- World leaders slam 'horrific' US abortion ruling - CNA
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday (Jun 24) slammed the US Supreme Court decision to throw out the right to abortion in the United States.
"The news coming out of the United States is horrific," he said in a Twitter message.
"No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body."
The US top court's six judges named by Republican presidents overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined the right to an abortion,
saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves.
The three Democratic appointees dissented.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the Supreme Court decision "a big step backwards".
Johnson, in Kigali for a Commonwealth heads of government meeting, said the court's rulings have "massive impacts on people's thinking around the world".
"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."
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned the ruling, saying it was a challenge to women's freedoms.
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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-supreme-court-overturns-roe-wade-abortion-rights-decision-2769261
-- US Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling - CNA
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday (Jun 24) took the dramatic step of overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised a woman's constitutional right to an abortion
and legalised it nationwide, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure.
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