Thu Jun 30, 2022 – 9:25 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, the State Department under the Biden administration affirmed it would remain committed to promoting abortion worldwide.
In a Friday press statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the State Department “will not waver” from its “commitment” to both “provid[ing] access to reproductive health services and advancing reproductive rights” worldwide.
My statement on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision: pic.twitter.com/zHOftvcEFE
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 25, 2022
Blinken’s comments came not long after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark 5-4 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which upheld Mississippi’s right to regulate abortion by overturning both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
“As Secretary of State, I usually avoid commenting on Supreme Court rulings,” Blinken wrote in the short statement. “But today’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade has raised understandable questions and concerns across the world and within our workforce.”
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Valerie Huber, president of the Institute for Women’s Health,
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