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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades

By NPR News
Published June 24, 2022 at 8:17 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Today the U.S. Supreme Court released several decisions, including cases pertaining to freedom of religion, workers rights and health insurance companies. The court will release more decisions later this week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Today the U.S. Supreme Court released several decisions, including cases pertaining to freedom of religion, workers rights and health insurance companies. The court will release more decisions later this week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe "must be overruled" because they were "egregiously wrong," the arguments "exceptionally weak" and so "damaging" that they amounted to "an abuse of judicial authority."  CLICK HERE.
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