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Scotland's First Minister and leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, reacts to the UK Supreme Court ruling against her parliament's unilateral right to call an independence referendum, saying the next general election is "both the first and most obvious opportunity to seek...a de-facto referendum". Sturgeon, speaking shortly after the court delivered its ruling, also says "we must, and we will, find another democratic, lawful and constitutional means by which the Scottish people can express their will." SOUNDBITE
Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt announces that his state will be the first "to effectively end abortion" in the United States, after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v. Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. "I pledge to continue to fight for our most fundamental right: the right to life," Schmitt says in a video statement posted to social media. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls a US Supreme Court ruling ending the federal right to abortion "a big step backwards". Johnson, in Kigali for a Commonwealth heads of government meeting, said the court's rulings have "massive impacts on people's thinking around the world". SOUNDBITE
Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion rights proponents gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC the morning after a stunning leak of a draft opinion that signals the institution may be set to strike down the right to abortion. IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters gather outside US Supreme Court after abortion ruling leak. The Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion in the United States, according to a bombshell leaked draft of a majority opinion that would shred nearly 50 years of constitutional protections. The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito and has been circulating inside the conservative-dominated court since February, the news outlet Politico reported. IMAGES