‘A year of trauma and terror’: Democrats issue calls to action as US marks Roe reversal

Demonstrators hold signs as they rally outside the supreme court building during the Women's March in Washington, on Saturday. Photograph: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP

As the US on Saturday marked one year since the country’s supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, abortion rights supporters and politicians issued a call to action – and prepared for reproductive health to be a flashpoint of the 2024 presidential election.

The supreme court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health reversed the landmark 1973 decision that had enshrined a federal right to abortion. In the wake of its overturning, more than one dozen states have green-lighted abortion bans, and many others have passed laws dramatically restricting access to the procedure.