Supreme Court ruled that there is no fundamental constitutional right to abortion protected under the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. The question should be handled legislatively by each individual state and not settled for the whole country by nine justices, wrote justice ilido. Alido writes that before 19 73, when roe came down, most states band abortion also the right.
The Supreme Court ruling has
convulsed the country; passing the question of abortion rights to the states will divide America yet further. We ask what it means for the court to go so plainly
against public opinion, examine the
woeful effects the changing scenario will have on women and speak to one woman whose life was saved by a now-threatened procedure. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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