What Overturning Roe v. Wade Might Mean for Reproductive Rights | PBS NewsHour

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What Overturning Roe v. Wade Might Mean for Reproductive Rights | PBS NewsHour

On May 2, 2022, a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion became public that suggests the court is set to overturn the historic Roe v. Wade decision that protects rights to abortion. The final decision is expected to be handed down by this summer. Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for the National Law Journal, and Mary Ziegler, a Florida State University law professor and author of “Abortion and the Law in America,” join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

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