Overturning Roe would hand power over abortion to states. Many would ban it. | NC Policy Watch

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Enacting anti-abortion measures at the state level in preparation for Roe's nullification has been a priority of groups opposed to abortion rights.
47% : Roe didn't guarantee access Even with Roe in place, not all pregnant patients have had equal access to abortion, said Derek Siegel, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who studies race, gender and reproduction.
45% : "Abortions are extremely expensive because of the Hyde amendment prohibiting federal funds to going towards abortion.
44% : Cooper joins other governors in calling for passage of federal protections A U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a nearly 50-year-old right to abortion would lead to strict restrictions or bans by states across nearly half the country almost immediately.
43% : "Overturning Roe will turn back the clock on reproductive health, and Congress must immediately take action to ensure that our nation does not go backward and that the rights of all Americans to access reproductive healthcare and abortion continue to be protected."
39% : "Our collective responsibility to defend access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion, has never been more important," the letter said.
39% : It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."
37% : "The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected ...
27% : The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, leaves no doubt that it seeks a direct reversal of Roe as well as Casey v. Planned Parenthood, a 1992 ruling that relied on the 1973 ruling as precedent to uphold abortion rights.

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