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‘Big Step Backwards’: World Leaders React To Roe V. Wade Decision
Julie ColemanForbes Staff
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Jun 24, 2022,06:21pm EDT
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TOPLINE
Leaders of the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries spoke out on Friday against the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a ruling that will restrict access to abortion in the United States as other countries broaden abortion rights.
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KEY FACTS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Supreme Court’s decision is a “big step backwards,” adding that he’s “always believed in a woman’s right to choose.”Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the ruling an “attack on women’s freedom” and “quite frankly … an attack on everyone’s freedom.”
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tweeted, “we cannot take any right for granted” and “women must be able to decide freely about their lives.”
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called the decision “a serious step backwards for women’s rights” in a tweet translated to English.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo expressed concern with “the signal [the ruling] sends to the world,” and added, “Banning abortion never leads to fewer abortions, only to more unsafe abortions.”
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed solidarity with American women in a tweet that called abortion “a fundamental right for all women.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the decision “a huge setback” in a Facebook post, adding that her “heart cries for girls and women in the United States.”
Arturo Zaldívar—the president of Mexico’s Supreme Court—tweeted “few days have I felt as proud to be part of the Supreme Court of Mexico as today,” referring to the court’s decision to decriminalize abortion last September.
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon called Friday “one of the darkest days for women’s rights in my lifetime” in a tweet.
KEY BACKGROUND
On Friday, a Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the 49-year-old ruling that gave women the constitutional right to an abortion, setting the stage for states to ban the procedure. Although many countries still outlaw abortion, there has been a worldwide trend toward giving women more reproductive freedom. At least 59 countries have expanded abortion access over the last three decades, Foreign Policy reported, includng Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia in the past few years. In February, France expanded abortion access from 12 weeks to 14 weeks, bringing its abortion rules in line with those of neighboring Spain, while Sweeden permits abortion for up to 18 weeks and the Netherlands allows the procedure for up to 24. In 2018, Ireland legalized abortion before 12 weeks, a major change for a country that previously had one of the strictest abortion bans. Meanwhile, Poland has some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, only allowing women to terminate pregnancies in cases of rape or danger to the mother’s life, and Honduras has banned abortion for any reason since 1985.This is SHEAR AUDACITY!
Take France as 1 example. They just expanded abortion rights for a woman from 12 to 14 WEEKS! Why is Macron chiming in? Spain is the same.
Ireland: Abortion in Ireland is regulated by the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. Abortion is permitted in Ireland during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, and later in cases where the pregnant woman's life or health is at risk, or in the cases of a fatal foetal abnormality.
Mexico it is no longer a crime but woman can't hardly get one.
Canada is California;
Abortion in Canada is legal at all stages of pregnancy, regardless of the reason, and is publicly funded as a medical procedure under the combined effects of the federal Canada Health Act and provincial health-care systems.[1] However, access to services and resources varies by region.[2] While some non-legal barriers to access continue to exist,[1] Canada is the only nation with absolutely no criminal restrictions on abortion.[3][4] Nevertheless few providers in Canada offer abortion care beyond 23 weeks and 6 days without a medical reason as outlined by provincial regulatory authorities for physicians.[5
United Kingdom is generally up to 24 weeks but varies by different regions. Northern Ireland was 12 weeks
So what we have here are Leaders from other countries popping off their mouths when they ALL have (except Canada) some reasonable regulations on timeline for abortions and exceptions in later pregnancy.
In short, very much like we will see in America with 50 States.
None of them has room to talk about Roe v Wade.
