Key takeaways from Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade

Abortion-rights protesters and abortion advocates gathered outside the Supreme Court following its decision to overturn Roe v Wade [File: Gemunu Amarasinghe/The Associated Press]

The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalised abortion across the country.

The decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization upheld a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a period considerably shorter than than that outlined in Roe and subsequent supreme court precedents.