GENEVA (24 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today denounced the decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade, a near half-century legal precedent that has protected women’s right to choose to have an abortion and called on President Joe Biden to take all necessary measures to mitigate its consequences. Describing the decision as a shocking and dangerous rollback of human rights that will jeopardize women’s health and lives, the experts said: “What has happened in the United States today is a monumental setback for…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 24 June 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
