Jennifer Lopez criticises US after Supreme Court ruling on abortion

• Jennifer Lopez takes to Instagram to react to US Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.
• Justices ruled that states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own.
• Decision overturns landmark 1973 “Roe v. Wade” ruling that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

Jennifer Lopez on Saturday took to Instagram to react to the US Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.

Taking to Instagram stories, the singer wrote ,”We are living in an American I don’t recognize. I stand with you and for women’s rights in this country.”

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In a landmark decision that overturns 50 years of constitutional safeguards on one of the most contentious and violently contested topics in American politics, the US Supreme Court on Friday abolished the right to an abortion.

The conservative-dominated court declared that individual states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own, overturning the historic “Roe v. Wade” ruling from 1973 that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” the court said.

In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito said “abortion presents a profound moral issue on which Americans hold sharply conflicting views.

“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion,” he said.

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The three liberal judges on the panel dissented.

The decision is likely to trigger a flurry of new legislation that severely restrict or outright prohibit abortions in approximately half of the 50 US states, forcing women to travel great distances to jurisdictions that still allow the practise.