“This is a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality.
Access to safe, legal, effective abortion is firmly rooted in international human rights law, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.
Bachelet stressed that this right is part of the autonomy of women and girls and their ability to make their own choices about their bodies and lives.
According to the UN commissioner, the decision of the US Supreme Court deprives millions of women of such autonomy, in particular, those who have a low income and belong to racial or ethnic minorities.
On June 24, the US Supreme Court overturned constitutional guarantees for abortions without state restrictions.
The decision came following a 1973 revision of the Roe v. Wade case, which gave women the right to have an abortion without restrictions from the authorities.
The right to regulate abortions is "returned to the people and their elected representatives."
US President Joe Biden criticized the relevant decision of the US Supreme Court.