'A horrifying decision' - US politicians from across the divide react

Elizabeth Warren: 'Six radical supreme court justices have overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion'

Mary Ann Berning of Kettering reacts to the announcement of US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Picture: Liz Dufour/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP

US politicians from both sides of the divide have taken to social media to issue statements on the supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade.

Former president Barack Obama said the court's decision "reversed nearly 50 years of precedent" and "relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans."