U.S. Supreme Court overturns protections for abortion set out in Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court docket has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for almost 50 years in a call by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s consequence is predicted to result in abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The 6-3 resolution, with all three liberal justices dissenting, was the end result of many years of efforts by abortion opponents, made potential by an emboldened proper aspect of the court docket that has been fortified by three appointees of now-former president Donald Trump.
The ruling got here greater than a month after the beautiful leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court docket was ready to take this momentous step.
It places the court docket at odds with a majority of People who favoured preserving Roe, based on opinion polls.
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