Abortion rights concern the legal and ethical status of a woman's access to reproductive healthcare, specifically the termination of a pregnancy. This topic...
Abortion rights refer to the legal principle that individuals have the right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, often encompassing access to safe and legal abortion services.
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion and allowing individual states to regulate or ban the procedure.
The legal status of abortion varies significantly by state, with some maintaining broad access, others imposing severe restrictions, and some implementing near-total bans following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, effectively legalizing the procedure nationwide until it was overturned in 2022.