US top court overturns Roe v Wade ruling

By Lawrence Hurley
Updated June 25 2022 - 12:46am, first published 12:41am
The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion.
The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion.

The US Supreme Court has taken the dramatic step of overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalised it across the country, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure.

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