![]() Abortion regulation a matter for the states It’s now up to the states to regulate abortion as they see fit. In doing so, SCOTUS ruled that there’s no federal constitutional right to abortion. The court decided 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks’ gestation, and 5-4 to overturn Roe v Wade and Casey v Planned Parenthood, the 1992 SCOTUS decision that affirmed Roe v Wade. The final decision of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health has now been handed down and, staying largely true to the leaked draft judgment, it’s devastating for reproductive rights, and a dangerous precedent for the potential overturning of other rights, such as the right to gay marriage. This is the seminal decision that provided constitutional protection to the right to abortion. In May this year, I wrote a piece for Monash Lens following the leaking from the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) of a draft judgment overturning the 1973 decision of Roe v Wade. ![]()
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