Updated Aug 13, 2022 - Politics & Policy
Axios Explains: AbortionDashboard: The latest on Roe v. Wade and abortion
The latest:
- Half of U.S. employers plan abortion travel benefits
- Poll: 70% of Americans want to vote on abortion in state ballots
- HIPAA faces test in new abortion reality
- Nebraska Republicans lack votes to amend state's abortion laws
- 'Not her body, not her choice': Indiana legislature passes near-total abortion ban
- Jury rules pharmacist who denied patient morning after pill did not discriminate
- Kansas referendum boosts Democrats' midterm focus on abortion
- Number of patients traveling for abortion overwhelmingly increased post-Roe
- Biden issues second executive order to protect abortion access
- Kansas voters reject anti-abortion constitutional amendment
- Warren says she won't back bipartisan abortion rights bill
- Biden's DOJ sues Idaho over near-total abortion ban
- Appeals court reinstates two abortion bans in Kentucky
- Poll: Over half of U.S. voters say abortion is "very important" for midterms elections
Roe v. Wade significance
Abortion will immediately become illegal in at least 13 states after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and more will likely quickly follow suit, Axios' Oriana Gonzalez reports.
Why it matters: The Supreme Court's Friday ruling grants states the legal authority to ban the procedure at any point in a pregnancy — including at fertilization.
- "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the 6-3 ruling.
How justices voted on Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on June 24.
- Alito wrote the court's opinion. Joining him were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
- Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the majority but indicated he would've stopped short of fully overturning Roe.
- The court's three liberal members — Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — dissented.