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US judgment on abortion huge blow to women’s rights – UN chief

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June 24, 2022
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US judgment on abortion huge blow to women's rights – UN chief

US ends right to abortion

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The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, has described the US Supreme Court judgement to end the right to abortion as “a huge blow to women’s rights and gender equality.”

“Access to safe, legal, and effective abortion is firmly rooted in international human rights law and is at the core of women and girls’ autonomy and ability to make their own choices about their bodies and lives,” Bachelet said in a statement.

“This decision strips such autonomy from millions of women in the US, in particular, those with low incomes and those belonging to racial and ethnic minorities.”

“More than 50 countries with restrictive laws have relaxed their abortion laws in the past 25 years,” the former Chilean president said.

“With today’s ruling, the US is regrettably moving away from this progressive trend.”

The ruling does not make terminations illegal but returns the United States to the situation before the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 when each state was free to allow them or not.

Several US states announced measures to ban abortions in their jurisdiction shortly after the court’s announcement.

UN human rights experts denounced the Supreme Court decision and urged US President Joe Biden to take all necessary measures to mitigate its consequences.

Describing the ruling as shocking and dangerous, the experts branded it “a monumental setback for the rule of law and for gender equality”, in a joint statement.

They said the move would increase the number of women and girls seeking clandestine and unsafe abortions and would fuel abortion stigma, creating “a nightmare scenario for those dealing with the uncertainty and trauma of an unplanned pregnancy.”

The statement was backed by eight special rapporteurs and the UN working group on discrimination against women and girls.

UN experts do not speak for the global body but report their findings to it.

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