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Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion

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In one of the most anticipated rulings in decades, the court overturned Roe , which first declared a constitutional right to abortion in 1973, and Planned Parenthood v. The decision followed the leak in early May of a draft opinion showing that a majority of the justices were privately poised to take that step.

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In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right

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Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, that a majority of the court was ready and willing to roll back abortion rights. The only real question was how far the justices might go. And in West Virginia v.

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