On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not protect the right to abortion. The ruling overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ending nearly 50 years of precedent protecting abortion rights. The decision also paved the way for states to ban abortion.

The case was filed on March 19, 2018, and the ruling was described as a "wrecking ball to the constitutional right to abortion" and a "devastating decision that will reverberate for generations".

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Roe v. Wade was a 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States. The case was brought by Norma McCorvey, who used the pseudonym "Jane Roe". The court ruled 7–2 that the Constitution protects a woman's right to have an abortion. The ruling also recognized that the right to choose whether to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to the individual, not the government.