Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion on Friday, the U.S. recorded an 850% jump in a Google search of "how to move to Canada from the U.S.," Axios reported, according to Google Trends data. Regarding its search engine).
At the same time, the search string "How to become a Canadian citizen" jumped by 550% as of Friday.
The jumps were reportedly recorded as soon as the Supreme Court announced.
As a reminder, the dramatic decision on Friday effectively overturned the original 1973 ruling in which the judges ruled that the constitution has a built-in right to perform an abortion under the 14th Amendment, and that the fetus can be aborted at almost any stage of pregnancy as long as it can not exist outside the womb or if there is danger To the life of the mother.
The new ruling actually creates a situation where every U.S. state can decide how to act on the issue, and about 25 states have begun to move in that direction. In 10 states, laws have been passed banning abortion, even rape in some cases.
In Canada, abortion is legal throughout the federation, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the southern neighbor's decision as "terrible."
In a statement issued Friday, he said: "My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now losing their legal right to have abortions. I can not imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now."
The possibility of millions of Americans coming to Canada could lead to heavy burdens on the Canadian health care system, and there are already calls for increased funding for abortion clinics /
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