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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion rights ‘big step backwards’, says Johnson

AP

Boris Johnson has condemned a decision to scrap the constitutional right to abortion in the United States as a “big step backwards”.

The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years by deciding to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling.

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