The US Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v Wade, issuing a ruling in the Mississippi case challenging a state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy on Friday. The landmark precedent established in the 1973 ruling in Roe, which enshrined consititutional protections for the procedure, is now dead.
Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization marked the first major abortion rights challenge in front of the new conservative supermajority on the court with its three newest justices, all conservatives appointed by former president Donald Trump. The court heard oral arguments in the case on 1 December 2022. A leak of a draft opinion in the case suggests that justices are prepared to overturn Roe.
