Roe-ing away: Abortion rights in America

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A leaked draft opinion shows America’s Supreme Court is ready to let states outlaw abortion. We ex ...

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Abortion rights advocates are outraged after Politico published a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, nearly 50 years after the ruling made abortion a protected right. We examine what a post-Roe landscape could look like, how some states are alr ...  Show more

The revelation that the Supreme Court could end the constitutional right to abortion in the United States has set off a political firestorm and deepened divisions about one of the most contentious issues in American society.

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