United States: what changes the cancellation of the federal right to abortion

En 1973, the United States was among the first countries to guarantee access to abortion. Since this Friday, June 24 at 10:15 a.m., they have entered another era: the Supreme Court has canceled the Roe judgment versus Wade. Since 1973, this guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion, until the viability of the fetus, estimated around 24 weeks. Beyond that, the States were free to legislate.

The decisions of the Supreme Court have the force of law. This one came from a case in Mississippi. In 2018, Governor Phil Bryant signed a law that banned abortion after 15 weeks unless there was a fatal health condition for the fetus, or a threat serious enough to alter “a bodily function” in the mother. . Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the only clinic that prac…