The Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the country earlier this year when Politico published a draft opinion, leaked from the court itself, that appeared to indicate a decision ending the federally guaranteed right to abortion in America.
At the centre of the new battle that has erupted over abortion rights is Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case out of Mississippi that directly challenges the precdedent set by the court in Roe vs Wade, a landmark decision which first established the idea that abortion was a inherent right due to its nature as a medical practice necessary in some cases to save the life of a person.
