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Jun 24, 2022 1 min, 28 secs

Keep in mind now that the court has used the Mississippi case (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization) to overturn Roe, that the decision won't make abortion illegal nationwide. Rather, it returns to the states the ability to protect life as they see fit.

“As the country approaches what could be a watershed moment in the history of abortion laws and policies, relatively few Americans on either side of the debate take an absolutist view on the legality of abortion – either supporting or opposing it at all times, regardless of circumstances,” Pew states.

A majority of adults – 71% – say abortion should either be mostly legal or mostly illegal or say they would support exceptions to their full support or opposition to abortion.

In short, many Americans who say they support abortion rights usually place conditions on that support and would back restrictions to abortion access.

The pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute estimates that as many as 26 states could make most abortions illegal if Roe is tossed

Thirteen states have “trigger laws” ready to go, and nine states still have pre-Roe abortion bans on the books

That’s why research has indicated legal abortions would fall by only 13% now that the court has overturned Roe. Plus, access to abortion pills has become widespread, and their use would probably continue, even in states with complete bans. 

The United States has been one of just a handful of countries – others include China and North Korea – without gestational limits on abortion

It also was among roughly 12% of countries that permit elective abortion past 20 weeks, although states can impose their own legal restrictions after the point of viability

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