WASHINGTON (AN) — Global organizations and leaders in health and human rights broadly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and other precedents protecting access to abortion as a serious danger to the lives of millions of women and girls.
The justices' 6-3 decision on Friday upheld a restrictive Mississippi law banning all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Five justices also voted to overturn Roe, disregarding almost 50 years of legal precedent guaranteeing constitutional protections for abortion. It culminated decades of anti-abortion efforts aided by former President Donald Trump's three court appointees.
