The decision—which will immediately launch the advent of “trigger laws” in 13 states—was anticipated since a leaked draft. It will roll back 50 years of profound changes in the lives of women in the US, and in the structures and wellbeing of families:
on Friday overturned the legal right to abortion in the United States, returning the ability to regulate the procedure to the states, more than half of which have promised to ban it. The decision inRoe v.
Put more simply: Over the past 50 years, because of access to legal, safe abortion, women have been able to make choices that reshaped their lives. Now thatis overturned, some of those choices, and some of those life paths, might not be available any more. “The ability to determine the timing of your childbearing is a pillar of the modern family,” says Philip N. Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, who argued inthat abortion rights are a fundamental component of democracy. “Abortion rights are central to women’s progress, and are part of a package of self-determination and autonomy that are foundational to women’s lives.
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