National indignation and excitement followed the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, which culminated in a series of generally peaceful protests Friday night.
Some of the first worries regarding the loss of the once federally guaranteed right to abortion were as follows: After the Friday decision, 13 states automatically or quickly passed laws outlawing abortion as a result of trigger laws in place before the decision. Because doctors worry about being charged with a crime, abortion providers in some other states ceased providing their services.
However, there are concerns about what the Supreme Court might now do with other landmark decisions in addition to the urgent questions about reproductive rights raised by the court’s decision, particularly after conservative Justice Clarence Thomas called for the court to “reconsider” gay marriage and contraception.
Here is a look at the implications of the decision for Americans and how the country is reacting to a profound change in reproductive rights.
Advocates in Kentucky have a plan to resume abortions. The opposition has a strategy to halt it.
After the Dobbs ruling by the Supreme Court, the state of Ohio bans abortions after six weeks.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, there are several abortion-related cases in Michigan.
In Wisconsin, the Roe ruling implies that abortion will end immediately, and the state’s 1849 ban will take effect.
Abortions have been prohibited in Arizona by Planned Parenthood Arizona and at least two private Phoenix clinics.
After the Roe v. Wade decision, South Dakota’s governor develops the “Life” website as a resource for expectant mothers and new parents.
After Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, abortions end nationwide in Texas.
