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UN, world leaders condemn US Supreme Court ruling on abortion
2022-06-25
[Aljazeera] International condemnation has been swift following the US Supreme Court’s decision to upend the constitutional protections for abortion contained in the landmark Roe v Wade ruling of 1973.

The controversial ruling on Friday means that roughly half of all US states are now poised to ban abortions.

The US court’s decision was "a major setback" and a "huge blow to women’s human rights and gender equality", UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.

A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly".

"Sexual and reproductive health and rights are the foundation of a life of choice, empowerment and equality for the world’s women and girls," the secretary-general’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Friday.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Source for the quote on #5
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2022-06-25 11:28  

#5  History:
On 19 July 2017,[38] the Senate of Chile approved legislation permitting abortion under limited circumstances (if the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman, if the fetus is not viable, if the pregnancy resulted from rape) with 22 votes in favor and 13 against.[39] On 3 August, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile approved the legislation with 70 votes in favor, 45 votes against and 1 abstention.[39] On 21 August 2017,[40] Chile's Constitutional Court accepted the constitutionality of the measure with a 6–4 vote.[41] President Michelle Bachelet, who had already signed the draft bill version of the law in 2015 before it was passed in August 2017,[42] praised the court's decision to make the bill a law.[42] According to polls, 70% of Chileans approve of such a law

What the USSC did was AFAICT was no more severe than what Michele Bachelet is on the record as supporting. She seems to be talking out of both sides of her mouth.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2022-06-25 11:24  

#4  I've been condemning the UN for years and they don't seem to give a shit. Why should we?
Posted by: Chris   2022-06-25 09:45  

#3  Funny given that the Mississippi law, which the decision upheld, is more 'liberal' than many of those in Europe.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-06-25 07:55  

#2  If the UN and any other nation wishes to continue aborting its Citizens, it is between them and GOD.

But as evil as it sounds, there is a plus side for the USA.

Less illegal or legal Immigration.
Less cultural/social upheaval from those that bring the very problems they are fleeing with them.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-06-25 07:38  

#1  A UN and Global Community condemnation. What further proof of the righteousness of the decision can possibly be required ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-06-25 05:48  

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