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Oct 2, 2022 · The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24 following years of Republicans angling to get the majority-conservative court to reconsider the issue.
- Alison Durkee
Jun 22, 2024 · Two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion and setting off a fierce fight for reproductive rights at the state level.
- Millions of women lost the right to an abortion. After spending almost half a century fighting to overturn Roe, opponents were prepared to take advantage when the moment finally came.
- American women had fewer abortions. Almost a million abortions were carried out in the US in 2020, the last year there is full data for, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
- Women travelled farther to get abortions. As illustrated by the WeCount data, many women in states who wanted an abortion chose to travel across state lines.
- Support for abortion has increased. Support for abortion in the US has been steady over the past 30 years, with about 60% of Americans believing abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to Pew Research.
Jun 29, 2022 · The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, revoking a fundamental right to privacy that protected a person’s choice to have an abortion.
Jun 20, 2024 · On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal protection of abortion rights in the U.S. and opening the door for states to craft their own bans. Since then, 14 states have banned abortion and 11 have established previously illegal limits on when a person can have one.
Jun 24, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion after almost 50 years in a 6-to-3 ruling.
Jun 24, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an...
