The US Supreme Court has overturned the Roe v Wade decision which interpreted the US Constitution in 1973 as providing a right to abortion.
The decision – already flagged in a leaked draft from the Supreme Court earlier this year, will leave individual states free to legislate on abortion.
The court, in a 6-3 ruling, upheld a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks – and held that Roe v Wade was wrongly decided because the U.S. Constitution makes no specific mention of abortion rights.
Today’s ruling will be warmly welcomed by pro-life groups and activists for women’s choices – but strongly opposed by abortion supporters and activists.
BREAKING: The US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country https://t.co/gEVkCNZPRJ pic.twitter.com/DUEuwS5Jnp
— Bloomberg (@business) June 24, 2022
ROE V. WADE HAS BEEN REVERSED!
We are the Post-Roe Generation!
🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉— Students for Life of America | Pro-Life Gen (@StudentsforLife) June 24, 2022
ready for scotus to overturn roe v. wade! pic.twitter.com/LJPh8x32SD
— Students for Life of America | Pro-Life Gen (@StudentsforLife) June 23, 2022
Held: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) June 24, 2022
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