Supreme Court abortion ruling updates: WH warns of ‘nightmare scenarios’

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Republicans would put anti-abortion legislation on the House floor next year if they retake the chamber in this year's midterm elections.

"We now have a voice for all life," McCarthy said during a press conference with House Republicans Friday.

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GOP leader on abortion ruling: ‘The people have won a victory’

“The right to life has been vindicated,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said.

Asked what he would say to Attorney General Merrick Garland if he didn't prosecute people who do not follow their state's abortion laws, McCarthy said, "In less than 140 days things are gonna change here."

"He will have now a Congress that will call him up. He will now have the ability of the Congress to have oversight. He will now have a Congress that will hold him accountable," McCarthy said.

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., also plans to introduce a 15-week abortion ban in the coming weeks.

Former President Donald Trump applauded the Supreme Court's ruling in a statement, calling it "the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation."

Additionally, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, the former president praised "giving everything back to the states, where it has always belonged."

"This is following the Constitution, and giving rights back when they should have been given long ago," Trump told Fox News.

In response to any of his supporters who advocate for abortion rights, Trump told Fox News that "this is something that will work out for everybody."

During his presidency, Trump appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court. He noted in his statement the ruling was "only made possible because I delivered everything as promised."

When asked by Fox News whether he feels like he made a difference in the decision to overturn Roe, he said, "God made the decision."

President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade Friday.

"It's a sad day for the court and the country. Today the Supreme Court of the United States expressly took away a constitutional right from the American people that it had already recognized," Biden said in delivered remarks from the White House.

He added, "They didn't limit it, they simply took it away. That's never been done to a right so important to so many Americans but they did it."

For full coverage of Biden's remarks, click here.

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Abortion ruling ‘a sad day for the court and for the country,’ Biden says

President Joe Biden criticized the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

-ABC News' Alexandra Hutzler

Republican Sen. Susan Collins condemned the court decision, saying Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch's votes did not align with their testimony during their confirmation hearings.

"This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon," Collins said.

Collins voted for Kavanaugh and Gorsuch to serve on the court, for which she faced criticism because of concerns about how their appointments might impact a women's right to choose.

Collins is one of two GOP Senators who is on the records supporting efforts to codify a woman's right to choose.

"The Supreme Court has abandoned a fifty-year precedent at a time that the country is desperate for stability. This ill-considered action will further divide the country at a moment when, more than ever in modern times, we need the Court to show both consistency and restraint," Collins said.

Adding, "Throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative. It is a sudden and radical jolt to the country that will lead to political chaos, anger, and a further loss of confidence in our government."