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William Roberts

‘Shameful’: US protests potential Roe v Wade abortion rollback

Reproductive rights advocates and anti-abortion activists protest outside the US Supreme Court after the leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v Wade [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Thousands of people have protested outside the US Supreme Court against a potential rollback of abortion rights in the United States, after a draft decision to overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v Wade ruling was leaked.

Politico magazine first reported Monday evening on the Supreme Court’s majority draft opinion to strike down the precedent-setting 1973 decision, which set out a woman’s right to an abortion in the country.

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