The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States on Friday emboldened abortion opponents aruond the world, while advocates for abortion rights worried it could threaten recent moves toward legalization in their countries.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision "shows that these types of rights are always at risk of being steamrolled,” said Ruth Zurbriggen, an Argentinian activist and member of the Companion Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, a group favoring abortion rights.
