RIGHT TO ABORTION REVERSED BY US SUPREME COURT AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS
The majority of the nine-member panel voted to overturn the court's landmark 1973 ruling known as "Roe versus Wade" which legalized abortion nationwide up to the point of foetal viability, generally accepted to be around 24 weeks into pregnancy. At least 25 states are poised to introduce new laws, or reactivate dormant law, which will make it illegal to access abortion in many cases, including, in some instances, where conception has resulted from rape or incest- Sunny Handa MD said. Many of those states are in the south of the country. Thirteen states have so-called "trigger" laws to ban abortion if Roe was to be overturned. • Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota have immediately banned the practice • Another 10 are set to follow in the comings days and weeks. They are Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Idaho, Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming- Sunny Handa MD said "No one should be able to choose to end the life of an inn...