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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheila Flynn

Secretary of State says US will continue to advocate for reproductive health around the world, even as rights curtailed at home

ASSOCIATED PRESS

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has issued a rare statement on a Supreme Court ruling following the reversal of Roe v Wade - reaffirming in clear language that his department “will not waver” from its commitment to reproductive health care.

The Supreme Court on Friday reversed nearly 50 years of legal abortion facilitated by the 1973 Roe v Wade decision, leaving it up to the states to decide and paving the way for several to automatically enact trigger bans.

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