Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v Wade
The 6-3 ruling upholds Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which directly clashed with Roe’s requirement that states permit abortion up to the point of fetal viability, around 24 weeks. "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," the Court said.
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The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure, reports The Hill. The ruling upholds Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which directly clashed with Roe’s requirement that states permit abortion up to the point of fetal viability, around 24 weeks.
More than two dozen states, primarily in the South and Midwest, are expected to tighten abortion access as a result of Roe falling, including 13 states with “trigger bans” set to take effect automatically or through minimal effort by state officials.
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion,” the Court said in its 6-3 ruling. “Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
Leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus in Congress said the decision would have a “devastating” impact.
“We cannot overstate the devastating impact that this horrific decision will have on millions of people across this country,” said Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) in a joint statement .
“By disregarding 50 years of legal precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively stripped away from 36 million women the freedom to control their own bodies and have handed that power, instead, to the politicians in their states.”
