“The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,” Biden said.
“It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view.”
The apex court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.
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.
“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.
AFP
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