US abortion clinics wait on Supreme Court ruling

Name: US abortion clinics wait on Supreme Court ruling
Uploaded: 23 Jun 2022, 12:39:51 PM
Duration: 02:15
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

2 views | Jun 23, 2022, 12:39:51 PM | AP

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce soon whether it will overturn Roe v. Wade. The landmark decision in 1973 established the constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only abortion clinic in Mississippi and is at the center of the case the high court is considering. The clinic will close if Roe is overturned because Mississippi has a trigger law to automatically prohibit abortion. More women have come to the clinic since Texas banned the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks. The U.S. Supreme Court's draft opinion, which was leaked in May, would give states the power to further regulate abortions. Thirteen states, mainly in the South and Midwest, have laws that would ban abortions in the event Roe is overruled.