Last Updated: June 26, 2022 at 1:03 p.m. ET
First Published: June 24, 2022 at 11:01 a.m. ET
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have a seismic and swift impact
An anti-abortion activist shouts at demonstrators with ‘Rise Up 4 Abortion’ outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on Thursday.
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The Supreme Court’s reversal on Friday of Roe v. Wade, the watershed 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to abortion access, will have a seismic and swift impact.
Missouri’s trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect Friday morning, with the state’s Republican attorney general declaring it a “monumental day for the sanctity of life.” So-called trigger laws banning abortion in three other states — Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota — will also immediately go into effect now that the court has…