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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Excerpts from the Supreme Court's landmark abortion decision

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The Supreme Court, in a ruling Friday, ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The court's conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade from 1973 and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to abortion. The outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. A look at what some of the justices said in their opinions:

JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO'S MAJORITY OPINION:

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