Mike Pence says he is hopeful the Supreme Court will restrict abortion in the US

Former US Vice President Mike Pence holds a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary. Picture: AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh

Former US Vice President Mike Pence has said he is hopeful the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court created during his and President Donald Trump’s administration will overturn abortion rights in the United States.

Mr Pence spoke at a forum devoted to demographics and family values in Budapest, Hungary, where conservative leaders from central Europe expressed their anxieties about falling birth rates in the Western world.