Biden’s G-7 Allies Left Aghast at US Abortion Rights Reversal
- Supreme Court ruling drops days before summit in Germany
- US move spurs France to consider constitutional amendment
Abortion rights demonstrators march during a protest in New York on June 24.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn’t wait for President Joe Biden to react after the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and erased the constitutional right of women in America to have an abortion. Neither did Canada’s Justin Trudeau. Both abandoned diplomatic niceties to express their dismay.
French President Emmanuel Macron was not far behind.