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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Contraception could come under fire next if Roe v Wade is overturned

Laws broadly banning abortion may also prohibit certain forms of birth control.
Laws broadly banning abortion may also prohibit certain forms of birth control. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

Following the bombshell release of a draft decision showing a majority of US supreme court justices may overturn Roe v Wade, legal experts believe other laws about individual autonomy may be in danger, including the right to access contraception.

Laws broadly banning abortion may also prohibit certain forms of birth control that opponents incorrectly say are working as abortion-causing medications. And the supreme court decision underpinning the right to access contraception, Griswold v Connecticut, could also come under fire in much the same way as Roe did.

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