The U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision on abortion rights on Friday drew unusual criticism from some of America's closest corporations and led to a worldwide practice of free reproductive rights.
The ruling came a day after the Supreme Court reversed some of the minor restrictions on firearms - a matter that has long shocked other Western nations and the adoption of the US death penalty.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson - a Conservative who worked closely with former president Donald Trump, whose court appointments paved the way for Friday's decision - said the Supreme Court decision would have "significant consequences" worldwide.
"I think it is a big step back. I have always believed in women's right to self-determination and adhered to that view, which is why the UK has laws in place," Johnson said during a visit to Rwanda.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the border crossing as "bad."
"No government, politician or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body," Trudeau wrote on Twitter.
French President Emmanuel Macron has declared "his solidarity with women their freedom today a challenge" by the US Supreme Court, and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has said a legal and safe abortion is a fundamental right.
"Depriving women of their rights is a throwback to decades of hard work," Linde said.
Among the few world leaders who may be happy with the decision are Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close friend of Trump's and fellow Christians of his country, who wrote on Twitter a few hours before the decision to criticize the 11-year-old girl's abortion. that was the result of the rape.
US 'outlier'
U.S. President Joe Biden himself is saddened that the high court has "made the United States out of the developed world" as he vowed to continue efforts to secure legal abortions.
Biden made the remarks the night before the plane crash in Germany, which on Friday overturned a Nazi law that limits the information doctors and clinicians can provide on abortions.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the point in emphasizing in a statement Friday night that his agency is still "fully committed" to helping provide access to reproductive health services worldwide and among its employees.
Traditionally Catholic Ireland overturned the abortion ban in the 2018 polls and Latin America, a strong anti-abortion center, has also been pushing to loosen its rules.
Colombia in February approved abortions for up to 24 weeks pregnant and Chile shortly thereafter said it would include an abortion constitution in its constitution.
Mexico last year had its landmark Supreme Court decision - declaring an abortion unconstitutional.
The United States became one of the first countries to grant the entire country the right to have an abortion with the 1973 Roe v. He was ousted on Friday after years of opposition.
The United States has also become part of its largest abortions throughout pregnancy, although lawyers insist that few doctors get pregnant late except in rare cases.
Representative Mike Waltz, of the Republic, said that the United States "has become one of the few countries in the world to allow abortions when necessary, compared with authoritarian states such as China and North Korea."
"Even most European nations are subject to certain restrictions on abortion," he said in a statement.
The Supreme Court decision, he said, "will save millions of innocent, unborn people."
Expressing the outrage of the Republican administration, a number of aid agencies have promoted legal abortions on the grounds that contraception will make the process unsafe and endanger the lives of women.
David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary, said the Supreme Court decision "marks a dark day for reproductive rights and autonomy not only in the United States but around the world."
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