US Supreme Court strikes down constitutional right to abortion

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 24 Jun 2022 11:25PM · 0 Comments

Women living in US states with strict anti-abortion laws will either have to continue with their pregnancy, undergo a clandestine abortion, obtain abortion pills or travel long distances to states that still permit the procedure. – EPA pic, June 24, 2022.

THE United States Supreme Court today ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protection on one of the most bitterly fought and divisive issues in American political life.

The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that enshrines a woman’s right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves.