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Yesterday: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade by NBC News

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, its landmark abortion ruling | full coverage

189,438 views Streamed live 19 hours ago The Supreme Court on Friday overturned its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade that established the right to an abortion. The ruling marks a seismic shift in abortion law and will usher in new rules limiting or banning access to the procedure in half of the states, in some places immediately. In a speech following the decision, President Biden said the Friday ruling “must not be the final word” and urged Americans to vote. He also called on Congress to “restore the protections of Roe v. Wade as federal law.”

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the right to abortion in the United States, undoing decades of legal precedent and paving the way for around half of all states to ban the procedure.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/blog/supreme-court-abortion-live-updates-roe-v-wade-rcna35149

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