The removal of legal safeguards for abortion in the US is "one of the darkest days for women's rights," according to the First Minister of Scotland.
Following the announcement on Friday that the US Supreme Court had decided to strike down the constitutional right to an abortion, upending federal reproductive rights established over 50 years ago in the seminal Roe v. Wade case, Nicola Sturgeon made the following remarks.
One of the saddest days for women's rights in my lifetime, Ms Sturgeon wrote on Twitter.
"Women in the US will undoubtedly suffer the immediate effects, but this will inspire anti-abortion and anti-women movements in other nations as well.
"Solidarity feels inadequate at this time, yet it is vital."
Pro-choice advocates and MSPs gathered outside the US embassy in Edinburgh only hours after the US Supreme Court invalidated Roe v. Wade to speak out in favour of abortion rights.
The new Supreme Court ruling was discussed by Green MSP Gillian Mackay, who previously introduced a private member's bill to construct anti-abortion buffer zones outside hospitals and clinics throughout Scotland to shield women from pro-life activists.
This will just prevent risk-free abortions and endanger lives, she claimed.
"Solidarity with all Americans.
"We must keep fighting for progress here.
"That includes services that are safe and open to everyone, including buffer zones and telemedicine abortion."
The judgement, according to Scottish Labour West Scotland MSP Katy Clark, "turns back the clock 50 years in women's rights."
Members of the pro-choice Back Of Scotland organisation, which advocates for safe perimeters around facilities providing abortion services, expressed their "total devastation" over the Supreme Court's ruling.
Campaigners claimed they had just taken away the right to safe abortion, not the right to an abortion.
"Abortions will continue to occur.
"They'll merely take place in dangerous back-alley clinics.
Women will perish.
A tragic day for women in the US and worldwide, according to Labour MSP Monica Lennon, who recently wrote to the First Minister to express her worries over the surge in anti-abortion rallies outside hospitals and clinics in Scotland.
Our deeds will be used to evaluate our togetherness.
In Scotland, harassment in medical settings happens often.
It is not acceptable.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), a British pro-life advocacy organisation, applauded the landmark ruling.
"This is a tremendous day for justice, the rule of law, and, most importantly, for the US unborn and their mothers," said the organisation's chief executive, John Deighan.
The UK is next, according to SPUC members, who also said that the Supreme Court's decision sends "a message of optimism for newborns and women."
According to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the decision was "a major step backwards."
The UK has the legislation because "I have always believed in a woman's right to choose, and I stick to that perspective," he stated.
He said, "We recently took steps to guarantee that those rules were enforced throughout the entire UK," in reference to revisions to the law in Northern Ireland.
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