Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, triggering complete abortion ban in Texas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In Roe v. Wade, a 7-2 majority concluded that women have the right to access abortion during the first and second trimesters, but that states could impose restrictions in the second trimester.
47% : Years later, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court allowed states to ban most abortions at viability, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb -- roughly 24 weeks.
45% : The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, reversing almost 50 years of federal constitutional protections for abortion and allowing state legislatures to set distinctive limits on the procedure.
40% : Friday's opinion overturns both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, another key decision limiting restrictions states can adopt on abortion.
39% : Texans have been living under a near-total ban on abortion since September, when Senate Bill 8 went into effect and prohibited all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy -- often before most people are aware they are pregnant.
33% : The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision," Alito wrote.
33% : But unlike the trigger law's criminalization of abortion, SB 8 leaves enforcement up to the public and allows private individuals to sue doctors who perform illegal abortions and anyone who aids or abets an abortion.
32% : More: Abortion would be illegal in Texas if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
32% :Texas lawmakers passed a trigger law on abortion last year to ensure that, should the Supreme Court repeal or scale back Roe v. Wade, Texas would outlaw abortion to the limits allowed by the court.
31% : The decision upholds a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which drew legal challenges and opened the door for the court's new six-member conservative majority to roll back the 1973 ruling establishing a constitutional right to abortion.

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