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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

US reversal of abortion law is attack on women’s human rights and lives, UK providers warn

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The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion law is a grave attack on women’s human rights as well as their lives and families, UK abortion providers have said.

The warning comes after the reversal of Roe v Wade - the landmark decision that legalised abortion nationwide in 1973 - meaning millions of women in America will lose their legal right to terminate a pregnancy.

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