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Possible overturning of Roe sends abortion fight to states
May 3rd, 4:44 PM EDT
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This artist sketch depicts Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart, standing while speaking to the Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 2021. Center for Reproductive Rights Litigation Director Julie Rikelman is seated right. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE
If the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, it would quickly split the country into states with abortion access and those that outlaw it.
Democrats have vowed to fight the possible removal of abortion rights that have been in place for nearly a half-century, while Republicans cheered the draft opinion and condemned the extremely rare leak that allowed it to be reported by Politico on Monday.
About half of U.S. states are expected to ban abortion if Roe falls and 13 states have so-called trigger laws that would immediately ban abortion if it is overturned.
