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The constitutional right to abortion in the United States is no more. Today the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its landmark Roe v. Wade precedent in a 5-4 decision, ending nearly 50 years of guaranteed abortion access for American women.
The historic ruling has been expected since early May, when a draft of the opinion was leaked, and was widely anticipated long before that as conservative justices tilted the court. The fight over abortion rights now returns to the states, where it played out five decades ago, with the procedure immediately set to become nearly or entirely illegal in almost half of them and several more bans likely to follow.
Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/california/what-happens-to-abortion-rights-in-california-roe-v-wade-overturned/103-1a84d240-5fad-4ded-a5c6-c7f562db0c41