Abortion rights activists face first day of post-Roe v. Wade US life

WASHINGTON/JACKSON, Mississippi --- Pro-and anti-abortion rights activists braced for protests on Saturday, the day after the US Supreme Court overturned the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women's constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to vastly change American life, with nearly half the states considered certain or likely to ban abortion. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas suggested the court's reasoning could also lead it to reconsider past rulings protecting the right to contraception, legalizing gay marriage nationwide, and invalidating state laws banning gay sex. "The Supreme C...

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