The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, June 24, overturned a 50-year-old landmark decision that gave American women access to abortion as a constitutional right, leaving a ban on abortions after 15 weeks to take effect in Florida on July 1.
The ruling overturning Roe v. Wade leaves the decision about abortion’s legality to states, several of which already have laws in place putting restrictions or bans on abortion.
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