, delivered last Friday , means that various US states are free to outlaw abortion while the practice remains legal in some states such as New York and California., who called it"horrific", and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who said it was a loss for women everywhere.
He said that the move makes the US an outlier among developed nations on the protection of women's reproductive rights. However, overturning Roe v Wade does not mean that abortion is illegal in the US. Instead, it has ruled that abortion is no longer a constitutional right, thereby leaving it to the states to legislate on the issue.Abortion has remained a divisive issue in the US and has split Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines. However, the end of the Roe v Wade ruling was the result of decades of work by Republicans and conservatives.
Speaking after the decision was announced on Friday, Mr Biden said:"It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country."It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country.
Dr Mathew Mathews, head of the Institute of Policy Studies Social Lab and principal research fellow at the institute, said:"Abortions became popularised in parts of Asia under very different contexts than the US, which explains why the discourse surrounding debates on abortion in Asia are considerably different.
Professor Walter Woon, a David Marshall Professor at National University of Singapore's law faculty and former attorney-general.He said:"The fallacy is to assume that the US defines morality for the rest of humanity. There is nothing in history or international relations to justify this delusion." Speaking on the motion on women's development for Singapore in Parliament in April this year, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said that a woman's autonomy is given considerable weight.