For decades, the conservative right in the United States has been campaigning to overturn the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade, which affirms a woman’s right to have an abortion.The movement, embraced by the Republican Party and fuelled by evangelical Christians, has pushed to elect conservative legislators at the state and federal levels, and advanced the placement of conservative justices on the US Supreme Court. Now, the anti-abortion rights forces in the US are on the verge of a significant legal victory.Next year, the Supreme Court – which has a conservative majority – appears poised to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, overturning Roe and making a major philosophical break with the past rulings.
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