Leaders of countries that are allied with the United States lamented the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade and effectively return abortion legislation to the states.
The leaders of longtime American allies like France, the United Kingdom, and Canada all decried the American high court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the decision “horrific.”
“My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now set to lose their legal right to an abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now,” he tweeted. “No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body.”
He told reporters that the decision was a “devastating setback.”
Prior to the Roe decision, at least one Canadian official said that Americans would be welcome to come to Canada to get abortions.
“I don’t see why we would not,”…
