For the ladies of America the removing of their constitutional proper to abortion is a darkish second in historical past.
For ladies the world over it's a warning that our elementary human proper to decide on is a precarious one.
We now have seen from populism which has swept the globe how shortly harmful concepts journey.
Roe v Wade lasted for 50 years and appeared right here to remain.
But it surely took one zealot, Donald Trump, to maneuver the Supreme Court docket to the suitable and overturn it.
Girls within the US now get up in a rustic the place they not have the ultimate authority over their very own our bodies.
And in Scotland immediately, the aggressive anti-choice protesters who've plagued our abortion clinics can be emboldened.
On Monday, a summit on abortion clinic buffer zones can be held and it's important motion is taken to finish the intimidation and harassment of ladies exercising their proper to decide on in Scotland.
Final night time women and men took to the streets of Edinburgh to protest in solidarity, and extra pro-choice rallies will observe.
We should stand shoulder to shoulder with the ladies throughout the Atlantic in demanding a reversal of this regressive step for gender equality.
In the present day it's them, tomorrow it might be us.
Anticipate America to return to the draconian days when girls died from unsafe backstreet abortions.
We will’t tolerate that for them or for the ladies of the UK.
This appalling assault on girls is a miserable reminder that as certainly as rights may be received, they will also be misplaced.