“Many millions of American women today have lost a fundamental constitutional protection,” the dissenting judges said.
In a shocking decision that is expected to provoke a storm of reactions, the US Supreme Court on Friday overturned the historic constitutional decision (Row v. Wade), ruling that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to abortion.
The court, by a 6-3 majority, upheld a Republican-backed law in the state of Mississippi that prohibits abortions after a 15-week period. The vote to overthrow Rowe was 5-4, with Supreme Court Justice John Roberts disagreeing, saying he would have supported Mississippi law but would not have taken the extra step of repealing the previous law.
This is the most important decision of the Supreme Court in decades, which will change the landscape regarding the health of millions of women in America.
The court ruling does not make abortion illegal, but as access to the procedure is no longer considered a constitutional right, states can now move to ban it. Almost half of the states have already passed, or will pass, laws banning abortions, while others have enacted strict restrictive measures.
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It is noted that with the decision in the case of Rowe v. Wade in 1973, the then composition of the Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution protects freedom of a pregnant woman choosing to have an abortion.
Explaining the view of the current majority of the Supreme Court, the judge Samuel Alito argued that “the rationale (for the 1973 decision) was extremely weak, and the decision had disastrous consequences. “And instead of bringing about a national settlement on the issue of abortion, it has sparked debate and deepened divisions.”
Judges Steven Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were in the minority, strongly criticized the majority, stressing: ““We regret this Court – but more so the millions of American women who have lost their fundamental constitutional protection today.”
The 1973 ruling in Rowe v. Wade, which allowed the United States to have abortions until the fetus could survive outside the womb – around the 24th to 28th week of pregnancy – was what gave women in the United States the right to decide. for the course of their pregnancy.
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