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Individual states will now be able to set their own rules after the decision following a lengthy legal battle

With the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Roe v. Wade has been overturned.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, state laws, rather than federal law, will now determine whether someone can legally get an abortion. It also means that state Supreme Courts will become much more important in deciding the validity of state laws on abortion.

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of America’s long, shameful history of punishing women for having sex.

After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court.

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

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

The ruling has been called a “slap in the face for women” by US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi