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Jerusalem – In a series of very unusual actions, the US State Department and world leaders were involved in a fiercely controversial domestic dispute over Friday’s Supreme Court decision on abortion.
“As Secretary of State, I usually avoid commenting on the Supreme Court’s decision,” US Supreme Diplomat Antony Blinken said in a statement.
“But today’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case raises questions and concerns that are understandable around the world and within us. [the Department of State’s] Labor force. “
United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield has also entrusted the Supreme Court with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
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“The Supreme Court has deprived millions of Americans of established basic and constitutional rights to abortion, a cruel, dark and dangerous decision,” said Thomas Greenfield. “What makes this decision so traumatic is that Americans have been deprived of their clear and unequivocal constitutional rights.
“The Roe v. Wade case not only protected the right to privacy, but also reaffirmed the basic principles of gender equality …. I traveled around the world to defend women’s rights. Now this decision is It makes my country unusual among the developed countries of the world. “”
The rapid move by US diplomats to attack the country’s supreme judiciary is among commentators that this is the second act of President Barack Obama’s “apology tour” and a homemade expression of anti-Americanism. I rang the alarm bell.
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Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Freedom Center at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, told Fox News Digital that “U.S. officials apologize on the world stage for the decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s absolutely shameful. ”
“”[It’s] Demonstration of a complete lack of respect for the rule of law in the United States and a cynical disregard for democracy in the United States. “
He added that the top US executives who have abandoned the Supreme Court’s ruling are “basically anti-American.”
“All of this American criticism comes from the Biden administration and is actively helping American enemies around the world, including Russia and China,” Gardiner said. “It is unordered for foreign leaders to give a lecture to the United States about the Supreme Court’s decision. It is a matter of US national sovereignty.”
US allies were quickly overwhelmed by the court’s decision.
Abortion-rights protesters burned the American flag on the streets of Washington, DC after the Roe v. Wade incident
“The news coming out of the United States is horrifying,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared. “My heart is directed at the millions of American women who are currently losing their legal rights to abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you’re feeling right now.
“Governments, politicians and men should not teach women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. Let Canadian women know that we always support your right to choice. I want to. “
The Canadian Supreme Court denounced abortion in 1988. However, Canadians do not have the guaranteed right to abortion, which is codified by law.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Friday. “Abortion is a fundamental right for all women. We must protect it. Today I would like to express solidarity with all women whose freedom has been violated by the US Supreme Court.”
In February, France extended the legal limit for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks.
In Germany, Prime Minister Olaf Scholz wrote on Twitter: “Women’s rights are threatened. We must consistently defend women.”
In Germany, abortion is permitted in the case of rape or if the fetal abortion is performed during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Counseling is required before an abortion in Germany.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used Twitter to blow up the court’s decision.
“We cannot take the right,” Sánchez writes. “Social outcomes are always at risk of receding, and their defense must be our daily lives. Women must be free to make decisions about their lives.”
In May, Spain approved a bill allowing girls aged 16 and 17 to have an abortion without the consent of their parents. The bill must go through parliamentary proceedings before it goes into effect.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the Supreme Court’s ruling a “major setback,” adding that “I have always believed in women’s choices … so Britain has a law to do.”
According to the UK government, in 2021, “women living in England and Wales had 214,256 abortions, the highest number since the introduction of the abortion law.”
Britain legalized abortion in 1967.
On Friday, a Supreme Court judge did not mention abortion in the US Constitution, so the decision on whether a woman has the right to abortion should be made by the state and its elected representatives. I ruled that there is.
The overthrow of the Roe v. Wade case represents a “major recession” in U.S. sexual and reproductive health, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who faced intense criticism for not criticizing China’s alleged Uighur massacre. Said.
Ending a pregnancy, including ending it under strong pressure from the state, is a widespread practice throughout China.
President of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting, former Defense Intelligence Agency officer,“Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America” In an interview with Fox News Digital, he described Russia’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision.
“Russian media has broadly commented on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Roe v. Wade case, focusing on criticism of President Biden’s decision and protests across the United States after the Supreme Court’s decision,” Koffler said. Stated.
“Russian official bulletin [Rossiyskaya Gazeta]The official Kremlin newspaper emphasized that President Joe Biden did not agree with the decision and translated his quote, which characterizes the decision as painful and destructive to many Americans.
“Russian media also emphasized” thousands of protests “and warnings from US intelligence agencies that the risk of violence against judges and other senior government officials is increasing. Normally, Moscow uses large-scale US protests to amplify US discord and division through social media. An attempt to help promote social anxiety.
“We should expect Russian intelligence to carry out a secret impact campaign for cyber-responsiveness and contend with a group of pro-abortion and pro-lifetime groups for incendiary commentary.”
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In Russia, abortion is legal as an optional treatment up to the 12th week of pregnancy and in special circumstances at a later stage. An average of 2,000 abortions occur daily in Japan.
President Vladimir Putin said, “When he portrays Russia as an Orthodox breakwater, he is lying. Given that, abortion remains a form of contraception in Russia.”
Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times, tweeted to 473,000 followers: Many women with unintended pregnancies will face difficult lives. And this change happens in the United States, which actively defends human rights. I’m pathetic. “