NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States has pemboldened abortion opponents around the world, while advocates of abortion rights worry the Supreme Court ruling could threaten recent moves toward legalization in their countries. Argentine activist Ruth Zurbriggen says Friday's ruling “shows that these types of rights are always at risk of being steamrolled,." In El Salvador, anti-abortion campaigner Sara Larin expresses hope the ruling will help make it possible “to abolish abortion in the United States and throughout the world.”
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Demonstrators gather outside the United States embassy in Vauxhall to protest against the decision to scrap constitutional right to abortion, in London, Friday June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. Friday’s outcome overturning Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (Ashlee Ruggels/PA via AP)
Posted at 1:05 PM, Jun 24, 2022
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