The US Supreme Court has overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised women's constitutional right to abortion, a decision condemned by President Joe Biden:
An abortion-rights activist reacts after the announcement to the ruling in front of the US Supreme Court on 24 June 2022 in Washington, DC.The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised women's constitutional right to abortion, a decision condemned by President Joe Biden that will dramatically change life for millions of women in America and exacerbate growing tensions in a deeply polarised country.
The decision will also intensify the debate over the legitimacy of the court, once an unassailable cornerstone of the American democratic system but increasingly under scrutiny for its more aggressively conservative decisions on a range of issues.Twenty-six states are either certain or considered likely to ban abortion. Mississippi is among 13 states with so-called trigger laws to ban abortion with Roe overturned.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion, appeared to nix an idea advocated by some anti-abortion advocates that the next step is for the court to declare that the Constitution outlaws abortion. Mr Biden urged Congress to pass a law protecting abortion rights, an unlikely proposition given its partisan divisions. Mr Biden said his administration will protect women's access to medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration including pills for contraception and medication abortion, while also combating efforts to restrict women from travelling to other states to obtain abortions.
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