Biden Calls Abortion Ruling A "Sad Day" For America: 10 Facts
The court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves.US President Joe Biden called the Supreme Court abortion ruling a 'sad day for the court and the country' which 'took away' Americans' constitutional right.Former US president Barack Obama slammed the decision by the Supreme Court to throw out the right to abortion in the United States on Friday, calling it an attack on "essential freedoms.".