Roe v. Wade Was Overturned One Year Ago: What Happens Now?

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 24, 2023

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which rescinded the constitutional protections for abortions that had been in place for the last five decades.

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade essentially gave the power to state legislators and the courts, and “left many—doctors, legal scholars, pregnant people—wondering, What happens now?”

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