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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Arwa Mahdawi

Abortion ruling highlights the war against women in America. Time to fight back

A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday.
A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock on Friday. Photograph: Andrew DeMillo/AP

The end of abortion rights in the US

Well, it finally happened. The fact that we all expected it, that we have spent the last few weeks waiting for this to happen, didn’t blunt the shock of it. On Friday the supreme court issued a decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v Wade. Six unelected supreme court justices stripped bodily autonomy away from tens of millions of women and ended nearly 50 years of legal abortion rights in the US.

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