The Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and leaving the question of abortion’s legality to the states.
The ruling, one of the most consequential in modern memory, marked a rare instance in which the court reversed itself to eliminate a constitutional right that it had previously recognized.
This is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women's reproductive health in America.
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1973年，美国联邦最高法院曾就“罗诉韦德案”做出裁决，确认美国宪法保护女性堕胎的自由。然而，反堕胎人士和团体一直寻求推翻这一判例。
2022年5月，美国联邦最高法院泄露的一份初步意见稿草案显示，最高法院可能推翻“罗诉韦德案”。草案的泄露在美国多个城市引发持续数天的示威活动，支持和反对堕胎的群体甚至聚集在最高法院外抗议和声援。
After news broke that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, activist groups began organizing protests for Friday. CNN has found that at least 70 protests have been planned. Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Houston are among the cities where protests will occur or are already underway.
US President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House, said the ruling marked a "sad day for the court and the country." "This decision is a culmination of a deliberate effort over decades to upset the balance of our law," Mr. Biden said. "It's a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view. It is literally taking America back 150 years."
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn’t wait for US President Joe Biden to react after the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and erased the constitutional right of women in America to have an abortion. Neither did Canada’s Justin Trudeau. French President Emmanuel Macron was not far behind.
来自美国的消息是可怕的。我的心与数百万即将失去堕胎合法权的美国女性同在。我无法想象你们现在的恐惧和愤怒。
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