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The US Supreme Court's momentous decision on Friday to ban all forms of abortion bucked a global trend toward more liberal reproductive rights and brought rare criticism from some of America's closest friends.

The judgement was made just one day after the Supreme Court overturned a few minor gun control laws, which, along with the US's support for the death penalty, has long horrified other Western countries.

The ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday will have "huge consequences" around the globe, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative who collaborated closely with former President Donald Trump, whose court nominees made it possible.

"It feels like a significant step backwards to me. I've always supported a woman's freedom to make her own decisions, and I still do. Because of this, the UK has the legislation that it does "Johnson stated while in Rwanda.

The choice made across the border was criticised as "horrific" by Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada.

Trudeau stated on Twitter that "no government, politician, or man should dictate a woman what she can and cannot do with her body."

While Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde declared that safe and legal abortion was a fundamental right, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "solidarity with women whose freedoms are being challenged" by the US Supreme Court.

Depriving women of their unique rights is a reaction to years of valiant effort, says Linde said.

Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil and a supporter of Trump and his country's conservative Christians, is one of the few world leaders who may find solace in the decision. Hours before it was made, Bolsonaro condemned the abortion of an 11-year-old girl who was carrying a rape victim.