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Washington: President Joe Biden to address the nation on Friday After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. WadeA decision that ends a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion after nearly 50 years.
Biden will speak to the White House at 12:30 p.m. ET on the decision, which is expected to make the medical procedure illegal or severely restricted in nearly half of US states.
country’s supreme court out Rowe v. WadeHistoric decision that established the constitutional right to abortion in the United States in 1973.
US President Joe Biden talks about US vaccination progress after a visit to a District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic, with remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, US During, June 21, 2022.
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The case that triggered Roe’s demise nearly half a century later, known as the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, relates to a Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Dobbs’ court tenure was by far the most important and contentious controversy. It also posed the most serious threat to abortion rights since Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the Supreme Court confirmed Roe.
an early and unprecedented Leakage of draft majority opinion May sent shock waves across the country and activists on both sides intensified the debate. It also shocked the country’s highest court, which immediately launched an investigation to find the source of the leak.
CNBC kevin brewinger And and manganese Contributed to this report from New York.
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