American abortion law owes much of its present form to the case of Roe v Wade in 1973. In Roe v Wade the Supreme Court held that a pregnant woman has a constitutional right, under the Fourteenth ...

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that guaranteed an American’s right to abortion nationwide, has been overturned as of June 2022. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the ...

In a separate ruling, the court then ruled 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade, with Chief Justice John Roberts switching sides. Some conservative lawmakers are flirting with banning people from obtaining ...