The overturning of legal protections for abortion in the US marks "one of the darkest days for women's rights", Nicola Sturgeon has said. Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision. "They haven't eliminated the right to abortion, they have just eliminated the right to safe abortion," campaigners said. Denouncing the Supreme Court ruling, President Biden told women in states where it was banned to travel to those where it was not. The landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case saw the Supreme Court rule by a vote of seven to two that a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy was protected by the US constitution.

Source: The Herald June 24, 2022 19:55 UTC