50 Years After Roe v. Wade, Women Slide Backward: Opinion Digest
Bloomberg Opinion columnists share their views on how the US can adapt after the Supreme Court abolished the right to abortion last year.
That feeling when your rights are taken away.
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It’s a bit of a strange time to mark the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision — which barred states from criminalizing abortions performed before about 24 weeks of pregnancy. After all, last year the Court overturned the landmark ruling, leaving women to navigate a fast-changing landscape of options at the state level or face the prospect of giving birth. Politicians are calculating how best to exploit the situation, companies and local governments are trying to understand their obligations and doctors remain caught in the middle.
Bloomberg Opinion writers have been exploring what it means to have a long-held constitutional right suddenly taken away. Here are some highlights: