US News US supreme court overturns abortion rights, upending Roe v Wade

[The Helper]

Ruling in pivotal case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization follows draft majority opinion leaked in May

The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending a precedent set nearly 50 years ago in the landmark Roe v Wade case – a rare reversal of long-settled law that will fracture the foundations of modern reproductive rights in America.

The court’s ruling came in the pivotal case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the last abortion clinic in Mississippi opposed the state’s efforts to ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn Roe in the process.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” said the majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito. The case’s outcome was joined by the court’s five other conservative justices.

“The constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” it said.

US supreme court overturns abortion rights, upending Roe v Wade

Biden calls ruling in pivotal case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ‘a tragic error’

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This is some pretty big stuff right here. I was not expecting this at all at this moment in time. Wow!

 

[The Helper]

Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect, following Supreme Court ruling

Nearly all abortion is now banned in Missouri following the U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday ending the federal right to the procedure that marks the culmination of a decades-long campaign by Missouri abortion opponents to restrict – and one day eliminate – the lawful ability to end a pregnancy.

The U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturns the federal right to abortion established by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Missouri has a “trigger law” prohibiting abortions except those necessary because of medical emergencies in the event Roe is overturned.

The sole clinic in the state offering surgical abortions — in St. Louis — is almost certain to immediately stop performing the procedure.

The decision is a historic moment not only for the country but for Missouri, ending nearly half a century of legal abortion in a state with deep anti-abortion roots. Missouri law barred abortion as early as 1825 – a prohibition that only ended with Roe 49 years ago.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article262796208.html

 

[The Helper]

Trigger laws are firing. These laws are automatic set to go into effect if Roe vs. Wade was ever overturned. Similar things in Missouri are happening in

Kentucky

After Dobbs decision, nearly all abortions now illegal in Kentucky

By ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has set in motion an abortion ban in Kentucky.

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Louisiana

Abortion in Louisiana is illegal immediately after Supreme Court ruling: Here's what it means

Louisiana has a 'trigger law' that outlawed abortion immediately after the United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

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Arkansas

Arkansas attorney general implements state's abortion ban; governor hails court's decision | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday afternoon implemented a 2019 law that bans abortions in Arkansas, except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency, after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier in the day overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion across...

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Texas

Roe v. Wade fallout: Texas 'trigger law' will make abortions a felony when it takes effect

Doctors who perform abortions could face life in prison and fines up to $100,000.

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and I suspect many additional other states will see this as well.

 

[Ghan]

50 years of judicial insanity finally put to rest.

 

[The Helper]

These States Will Ban Abortion Now That Roe Is Overturned

This article is part of a larger series titled “The End Of Roe.” Head here to read more.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-1-3 decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday. Abortion will now be heavily restricted or completely banned in about half of the U.S.’s 50 states.

But changes to legal access to abortion, while radical and widespread, will happen unevenly under a patchwork of varying state laws. Overturning Roe just means states are free to decide how to, or if, to allow access to abortion services. Sixteen states will immediately, or in short order, ban abortions in almost all circumstances for residents. Legal disputes are expected to arise in two more states to decide whether abortion bans passed before 1973 can come back into effect or not.

Thirteen states have trigger laws banning abortion that were passed to go into effect when the court overturned Roe. These laws will go into effect immediately, or in a short period of time, now that the court has done so. Another five states have pre-Roe abortion bans that are still on the books and could be resurrected. Legal disputes are already underway or expected in two of these states, and in another it is unclear whether the pre-Roe law or an unconstitutional post-Roe law will go into effect.

Another four states will effectively ban abortion by only allowing abortions to be performed prior to the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which occurs as early as six-weeks. Further, any state fully controlled by Republicans could move to ban or tightly restrict abortion with new legislation now that the court has struck down the reproductive rights granted in Roe.

These States Will Ban Abortion Now That Roe Is Overturned

Trigger bans, pre-Roe restrictions and fetal heartbeat laws will automatically activate in 22 states now that the Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade.

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