Abortion clinics have shut their doors across the US and protests have erupted after the Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to abortion
Mississippi's only abortion clinic, which was at the centre of Friday's case, did continue to see patients on Friday.Clinic escorts wearing colourful vests used large speakers to blast Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" at the protesters.The ruling, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court fortified by three appointees of former president Donald Trump.
Pregnant women considering abortions already had been dealing with a near-complete ban in Oklahoma and a prohibition after roughly six weeks in Texas.At the White House, US President Joe Biden said: "It's a sad day for the court and for the country." Mr Trump began taking credit for the Supreme Court's decision, calling it "the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation".
The decision is expected to disproportionately affect minority women who already face limited access to health care, according to statistics analysed by The Associated Press. But many also support restrictions especially later in pregnancy. Surveys consistently show that about one in 10 Americans want abortion to be illegal in all cases.The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.
More than 90 per cent of abortions take place in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, and more than half are now done with pills, not surgery, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
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