US SUPREME COURT BANNED ABORTION RIGHTS, BIDEN, OBAMA SAW IT AS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

New Delhi (The Quiver) :The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.

“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” the court said.

The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v Wade” decision that enshrined a woman’s right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves.

However this decision of the US Supreme Court is not well accepted by many, including the present president and former president of the country. This verdict has invited a heavy protests. Women living there came down to streets criticising and protesting against this verdict of Supreme Court.

US President Joe Biden vowed to ‘do all in my power’ to protect a woman’s right in states where they face effects of Supreme Court’s abortion ruling. He called the abortion ruling ‘sad day for the court and for the country’, saying the Supreme Court ‘took’ right away.

Former US President Barack Obama on Friday denounced the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe v. Wade , the landmark decision that legalised abortion nationwide. He called it an attack on the “essential freedoms” experienced by millions of Americans.

Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 24, 2022

Canada President Justin Trudeau calling the news coming out of the US “horrific”.

“My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now set to lose their legal right to an abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now,” Trudeau wrote on Twitter.

“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,” he added.