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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right to have an abortion.
The abortion-rights movement drew support from the population control movement, feminists, and environmentalists. Anti-abortion advocates and civil-rights activists accused abortion-rights supporters of intending to control the population of racial minorities and the disabled, citing their ties to racial segregationists and eugenicist legal ...
Reproductive rights supporters marched in Phoenix to mark Roe v. Wade’s anniversary in January 2024. Arizona voters approved an amendment restoring abortion access up to fetal viability in the fall.
The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
Abortion has been a divisive issue in U.S. politics. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to eliminate a nationwide right to abortion. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh; Editing by Sandra Maler and ...
Since the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson decision ended the national right to abortion, some states have disbanded their maternal mortality review committees, the experts said. Others, like Texas, have ...
Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their pregnancy without fear of legal or social backlash.
Abortion was a key focal point of the 2024 presidential election, with abortion rights ballot measures passing in 7 of 10 states. Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris marks a turning point ...