As the United States Supreme Court voted to roll back abortion rights, reversing the landmark 1973 decision Roe v Wade which enshrined the legal right to an abortion in the US, it was a moment of elation for those who have fought for that outcome, and a day of dismal reassessment for those who fought against it.
For the US conservative movement, the push to undo Roe and criminalise abortion has been an animating cause for decades. After years of relentless organising around the goal of revoking the federal protection to an abortion, for conservatives, Friday was a cause for celebration.
