The US Supreme Court strikes down the right to abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, an outcome that is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states
The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973"Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to abortion, and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves.
The court overturned on Friday the landmark 1973 decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves. It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favoured preserving Roe, according to opinion polls. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — the diminished liberal wing of the court — were in dissent.
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