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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

The week the supreme court reshaped America: ‘We’re being hurled back decades’

Lisa Turner, 47, with her daughter Lucy Kramer, 14, during a candlelight vigil outside the supreme court after Roe v Wade was overturned.
Lisa Turner, 47, with her daughter Lucy Kramer, 14, during a candlelight vigil outside the supreme court after Roe v Wade was overturned. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Last week the US Supreme Court started its summer break, but it left behind an America that many believe has been fundamentally reshaped after a momentous series of decisions by the conservative majority on abortion, guns, the power of government agencies, and the role of religion in public life.

The series of decisions have spurred extensive condemnation outside conservative America and many are left wondering what, if anything, can be done.

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