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Abortion rights supporters gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington hours after a stunning leak of a draft opinion that signals the institution may be set to strike down the right to abortion. According to the draft majority opinion obtained by news outlet Politico, the top US court is poised to overturn the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrined the right to abortion in the United States.
Protesters rallied under the slogan "off our bodies" in cities across the United States on Tuesday, demanding abortion rights be protected after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Hundreds of protesters gather outside US Supreme Court after abortion ruling leak. The Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion in the United States, according to a bombshell leaked draft of a majority opinion that would shred nearly 50 years of constitutional protections. The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito and has been circulating inside the conservative-dominated court since February, the news outlet Politico reported. IMAGES
The US Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Eric Lisann, Lawyer, Legal Analyst and Former US Federal Prosecutor.
Director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reaffirms the WHO's support for women's "right to choose when it comes to their bodies and health, full stop." His comments come in the wake of a June 24 US Supreme Court decision revoking the constitutional right to abortion.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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