President Joe Biden has criticized the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion rights, stating that the move violates the principle of equality and will make the country an “outlier” among developed nations.
“The consequences and the consensus of the American people—core principles of equality, liberty, dignity, and the stability of the rule of law—demand that Roe should not have been overturned,” Biden said in a June 24 remark. “With this decision, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court shows how extreme it is, how far removed they are from the majority of this country. They have made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world. But this decision must not be the final word,”
