Roe v. Wade Overturned?

On May 2, the leaked draft opinion in the Supreme Court case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health captured the attention of the nation on social media and the networks, and talk of the reaction has inundated the entire news cycle ever since. Though no official opinion of the Court has yet been released, the draft opinion suggests that the Court may finally overturn the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which purported to identify a right, embedded somewhere in the United States Constitution, of a woman to obtain an abortion.

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