Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion

The Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to obtain an abortion

• The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across the United States
• It will allow states to ban abortion, and experts expect about half the states to do so
• But by overturning Roe and Casey, the decision also opens the door for states to enact far more dramatic abortion restrictions including outright bans on the procedure

The vote to overturn Roe was 5-4, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joining Alito.

• Chief Justice John Roberts filed a separate opinion, agreeing with the court's decision to uphold the Mississippi law but arguing that the court should not have decided the broader question of whether the Constitution protects abortion at all. The court's three liberals, Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan, filed a joint dissent.

 

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