US president and doctors speak out on the one year anniversary of the overturning of the right to abortion

Speeches, rallies, and demonstrations for and against abortion rights on the weekend of 23-25 June showed that abortion will be an important matter in the 2024 presidential election.US president Joe Biden, vice president Kamala Harris, major medical and civil rights organisations, and many other Americans protested the Supreme Court’s decision a year ago to end women’s constitutional right to abortion.Anti-abortion groups, former president Donald Trump, and other politicians hoping to be the Republican presidential nominee next year called for a national ban on abortion—either completely or after 15 weeks of pregnancy.Several polls have shown that 60-70% of Americans support abortion rights.One year on from overturn of Roe v WadeOn 24 June 2022—in a decision called Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization—the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that gave US women the constitutional right to an abortion. The Dobbs ruling returned abortion decisions to the 50…
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