US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade – but for abortion opponents, this is just the beginning
- Written by Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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...