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Abortion rights opponents cheer Supreme Court decision

Produced by Aden Choate and Brian Mackey
 
Anti-abortion rights protesters celebrate after the news of Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade elimination the constitutional right to abortion, gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.

Anti-abortion rights protesters celebrate after the news of Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade elimination the constitutional right to abortion, gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The decision on Dobbs versus Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the precedent of Roe against Wade, which was the law of the land for 49 years, 5 months, and 2 days. In many states, this decision means the immediate end of legal abortion.To be clear: abortion services remain legal in Illinois.

The 21st first discussed the decision with two anti-abortion-rights advocates, then with two state representatives who have worked to preserve abortion rights and access in Illinois, as well as a historian who’s written extensively on abortion in America before it became legal in the 1970s.

Guests:

Peter Breen
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Thomas More Society

Amy Gehrke 
Executive Director of Illinois Right to Life 

 

 

 

 

Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi.

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