US Draws Criticism From Closest Allies Over Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling
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The United States was one of the first countries to grant a nationwide right to abortion with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that was overturned Friday after years of mobilization by opponents.
The US Supreme Court's historic end to nationwide abortion rights on Friday drew unusual criticism from some of America's closest allies and bucks a global trend to more liberal reproductive rights.
The decision came one day after the Supreme Court also struck down some of the modest restrictions on guns -- an issue that, along with the US embrace of the death penalty, has long shocked other Western nations.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- a Conservative who worked closely with former president Donald Trump, whose judicial nominations paved the way for Friday's decision -- said the Supreme Court decision will have "massive impacts" worldwide.
"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.
