‘Blood on their hands’: world’s medics condemn US overturn of abortion rights

Statement signed by more than 100 global healthcare groups says US court decision will cost lives for years to come'

Doctors and pro-choice activists have condemned the overturning of Roe v Wade, describing it as an unconscionable attack" that will leave the supreme court justices with blood on their hands" and cause a global chilling effect on women's rights.

In a statement signed by more than 100 global healthcare organisations, including the UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), medics said the US supreme court's move was a catastrophic blow" to millions. The statement, also signed by the RCOG's faculty of sexual and reproductive healthcare, warned: It is a decision that will cost lives for years to come."