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Back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion eliminated any doubt the U.S. Supreme Court will be the transformational force Republicans envisioned when they filled three vacancies during Donald Trump’s presidency.

The probe into Newcastle United fan's death became one of Northumbria Police's biggest ever murder investigations

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade to end constitutional protections for abortion hews closely to the leaked draft opinion that was published in May

The ruling removes federal protections for abortion, sending questions of legality to individual US states.

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years

What some insisted was a still-incubating draft majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade was fully born Friday: The Supreme Court has completely dismantled Roe and the series of cases upholding that core precedent, giving the states the ability to ban abortion starting from the moment of conception.

A decision by the conservative majority to overturn Roe v Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

Landmark 1973 decision on abortion rights was overturned by a Republican majority

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases