United States | After Roe

What happens if America’s Supreme Court overturns women’s right to abortion

Defenders and opponents alike are preparing for a frenzy

|Fairview Heights, Illinois, and Jackson, Mississippi

Editor’s note: On June 24th a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court voted to overrule the constitutional right to an abortion, which had been guaranteed since 1973 in Roe v Wade.

This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “What happens after Roe”

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