landmark decision. plus we ll look at a summit in germany where kyiv is top on the agenda. we ll take you to kyiv, brussels and munich. all right, now a bombshell decision by the u.s. supreme court is rocking the american political landscape this weekend, ending nearly a half century of constitutional protection for abortion. that 50-year-old right was abruptly erased on friday in a 5-4 ruling striking down the ruling of 1973. it immediately triggered an outpouring of large and angry protest s cross the country with many more expected. this decision is an outrage. this decision is absolutely terrifying, but more than anything, it just make please angry. i would remind that six people do not dictate our lives. roe v wade has been challenged and upheld before. but this time they effectively le left it up to individual states on whether to allow the procedures. many republican-led legislatures anticipated this day. a dozen other states are expected to enact abortion
we see european leaders criticizing the move openly, as you mention the, french president emmanuel macron describing this and the access to abortion as a fundamental right for all women which must be protected. we even saw demonstrations on the streets of paris yesterday. one placard describing this as a shocking incident, the decision from the supreme court. we heard it described as one of the darkest days. and that it could embolden ain t abortion activists across the world. and we saw protesters outside the u.s. embassy. boris johnson has described this as a major setback. this is not our court. i
ruling. it says it s time to, quote, build the society and economy that supports marriages and families, and where every woman has the support and resources she needs to bring her child into this world with love. we are joined flilive from lond. really, this is an american domestic political issue, but it is attracting strong reaction from around the world. reporter: absolutely, this is seen broadly across the globe and indeed here in the european continent as a fundamental right. this has triggered quite a response from european leaders. it really has sent shockwaves on an international scale. in europe, most european nations do abortion on request. there is a significant contrast now with the united states.
abortion. kenya loosened its restrictions, and mexico just decriminalized abortion in its federal system in september. so a number of countries are making the move to de-criminalize abortion on the basis of human rights. that leads me to my next question. this move in the u.s., could it have an impact, some kind of spillover effect in other countries. could it impact people on either side of the abortions right debate? it s a concern, of course. there s always a risk of an enabling environment for other countries to see what the u.s. is doing and follow suit. i think that that is less likely in the sense that we know, based on global data what happens when you restrict access to abortion. it doesn t decrease abortion. it decreases safe and legal
landmark decision. plus we ll look at a summit in germany where kyiv is top on the agenda. we ll take you to kyiv, brussels and munich. all right, now a bombshell decision by the u.s. supreme court is rocking the american political landscape this weekend, ending nearly a half century of constitutional protection for abortion. that 50-year-old right was abruptly erased on friday in a 5-4 ruling striking down the ruling of 1973. it immediately triggered an outpouring of large and angry protest s cross the country with many more expected.