Dobbs decision: Reactions to the end of Roe v. Wade

People protest in response to the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erases a federal right to an abortion. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The future of a person’s right to have an abortion in the United States has been thrown into uncertainty Friday after the Supreme Court announced in the morning that it has overturned Roe v. Wade through its decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The decision means abortion bans will go into effect in almost half of the nation’s 50 states. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade, with Justice Samuel Alito writing the opinion and Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissenting.