Anti-abortion movement

Roe v Wade: 
Abortion was made legal across the US after a landmark legal ruling in 1973, often referred to as the Roe v Wade case.
Now, june 2022, the US Supreme Court - the nation's most senior legal body - has overturned that right.
Twenty-six conservative states are either certain or considered likely to introduce new abortion restrictions or bans.
The Supreme Court ruling on Friday that overturned the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a frenzy of activity. Anti-abortion forces plan to push for near-total bans in every state in the U.S., while abortion rights groups have vowed to fight back in the courts and push the Biden administration to do more to protect abortion rights. The court said its ruling on Friday was needed because of what it called a half-century of bitter national controversy sparked by Roe v. Wade, but its decision set off more immediate and widespread rancor and mobilizing than the original ruling — and guaranteed pitched battles and extraordinary division ahead.
Even before the US Supreme Court's latest ruling, anti-abortion campaigners had been regaining some ground. 
In 1980, the court upheld a law that banned the use of federal funds for abortion except when necessary to save a woman's life.
Then in 1989, it allowed states to prohibit abortions being carried out in state clinics, or by state employees.
The biggest impact came from the top court's ruling in Planned Parenthood v Casey in 1992.
The world reacts to US abortion ruling - 
“Dollars for Life” argues that, over decades, the U.S. anti-abortion movement laid the groundwork for an insurgent candidate like Donald Trump.
== june 2024 - U.S. Supreme Court upheld abortion pill access ==
news at nyt - June 14, 2024: The Supreme Court upheld broad access to mifepristone, a widely available abortion pill, rejecting a bid by anti-abortion organizations and doctors to unravel a U.S. regulator’s approval of the drug. The unanimous decision was a major loss for the anti-abortion movement, which is aggressively seeking an end to all abortion in the country.
The ruling means that access to medication abortion — by far the most common method used in the U.S. — will continue for now. But it does not change the fact that medication abortion remains restricted in the 14 states with near-total bans on abortion.
The numbers: More than 171,000 people traveled out of their states to get an abortion in 2023. news at nyt - June 14, 2024
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