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Dalia Hatuqa

US Muslim advocates weigh in on abortion rights battle

Activists participate in a demonstration in support of abortion rights on the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, January 22, 2022 [Sarah Silbiger/Reuters]

Forty-nine years ago, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that changed the lives of American women, formally legalising the right to abortion across the United States.

Now, as Roe v Wade faces its most serious threat in decades, Muslim Americans, like many others across the US, have been contemplating what overturning that decision could mean for women’s reproductive rights and access to safe abortions.

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