PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 24 202210:11 AM EDTUPDATED CNBC

Dan Mangan@_DANMANGAN

Kevin Breuninger@KEVINWILLIAMB

KEY POINTS

• The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion.
• Roe since 1973 had permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy in the United States.
• Almost half the states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision on a Mississippi case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
• Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. The court’s other five conservatives, including Chief Justice John Roberts, joined in the judgment, which was opposed by the three liberal justices.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending decades of federal abortion rights

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973.

The court’s controversial but expected ruling gives individual states the power to set their own abortion laws without concern of running afoul of Roe, which had permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.

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