Multiple foreign leaders condemned the ruling, broadly calling it a "backwards step".[203] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the decision "horrific", while pledging, "[I]n Canada, we will always defend the woman's right to choose".[204][205] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the decision "a big step backwards", while reassuring that there were laws "throughout the UK" for the "woman's right to choose".[206] Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said that he was "very concerned about implications of U.S. Supreme Court decision", as well as "the signal it sends to the world".[207] French President Emmanuel Macron said "abortion is a fundamental right for all women.