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Danielle McNabb, Doctoral candidate, Political Studies, Queen's University, Ontario

Roe vs. Wade highlights the important role of high courts in democratic societies

Protestors gather outside a Manhattan federal court during an abortion rights demonstration on May 14, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

On May 2, shockwaves were sent across the United States when news broke of a leaked document saying the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn the landmark abortion case Roe vs. Wade.

The leaked draft opinion indicated that the court would reverse the constitutional federal protection of abortion rights, and allow individual states to severely restrict (and even outright ban) the medical procedure.

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