Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP US Supreme Court Strikes Down Landmark Abortion Rights Decisions
As expected, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote the opinion for the 6-3 majority. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.
June 24, 2022 at 10:28 AM
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Abortion foes on Friday succeeded in their decadeslong battle to overturn a woman's right to abortion when a conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled the landmark abortion rights decisions, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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