Roe vs. Wade overturned: what the ruling means for other American rights

A Supreme Court scholar explains the impact of ‘revolutionary’ abortion ruling

Rally For Reproductive Freedom in Austin, Texas
Demonstrators at the Rally For Reproductive Freedom in Austin, Texas, on Sunday
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Morgan Marietta, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, explores the impact of the US Supreme Court’s decision to reverse 50 years of constitutional protection for the right to get an abortion.

This is a revolutionary ruling. Not just for abortion, but for the ongoing debates over the nature of rights under the US Constitution.

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