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Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning

The United States Supreme Court has handed down a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that found there was a constitutional right to abortion.

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Court ruled 6-3 that

The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.

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