Abortion clinics begin closing after Supreme Court ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Surveys conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research and others have shown a majority in favour of abortion being legal in all or most circumstances.
42% : Both sides predicted the fight over abortion would continue, in state capitals, in Washington and at the ballot box.
39% : Justice Clarence Thomas, part of Friday's majority, urged colleagues to overturn other high court rulings protecting same-sex marriage, gay sex and the use of contraceptives.
37% : Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri are among 13 states, mainly in the South and Midwest, that already have laws on the books to ban abortion in the event Roe was overturned.
36% : Of these, 13 outlawed abortion instantly.
31% : Surveys consistently show that about one in 10 Americans want abortion to be illegal in all cases.
26% : Mr Alito, in the final opinion issued on Friday, wrote that Roe and Planned Parenthood v Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to abortion, were wrong and had to be be overturned.

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