IN-DEPTH: Ripple Effects of Roe Reversal Still Felt One Year Later

Throngs of demonstrators carrying signs and bullhorns gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on a Friday morning. A tangible tension mingled with the chants in the air.
The date was June 24, 2022, and they were moments away from witnessing history—they all but knew it.
Just weeks before, a leaked draft opinion of the high court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling had rocked the nation. A half-century of judicial precedent was about to be struck down, and with it, the legal right to abortion.
As the final opinion came down, the crowd erupted into shouts of joy and anger, their highest hopes and worst fears confirmed: Roe v. Wade was no more, and the states would now decide the fate of abortion in America….}