Megan Hutchinson
Staff Reporter
Roe V. Wade was a Supreme Court case on January 22, 1973 ruling that restrictive abortions were unconstitutional.
On the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Biden and Vice President Harris are creating a call to action while several states work to implement restrictive abortion laws. President Biden tweeted on Saturday to reiterate the Supreme Court decision of 1973 that granted women the right to an abortion in every state. His tweet stated, "the constitutional right established in Roe v. Wade 49 years ago today is under assault as never before." "We must recommit to strengthening access to reproductive care, defending the right established by Roe, and protecting the freedom of all people to build their own future." Vice President Harris shared a video to Twitter and in that message she stated, "Roe v. Wade advanced women's equality and that case saved women's lives," she said, adding, "the proponents of overturning Roe have been clear. They want to take away that right in every state. We will fight to protect a woman's right to choose."
"The constitutional right of women to make decisions about their own bodies is not an abstract concept. It saves women's lives," Harris continued. "So, on this 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, let us recommit to doing everything we can to protect those constitutional rights.” In 2021, there had been a record of 106 restriction laws in the U.S. In previous years, states had attempted to authorize anti-abortion laws had been shot down by the federal government. However, with the six conservative Supreme Court Justices, three of which were added during the presidency of Donald Trump. Legalized abortions may no longer be the “law of the land.” Elizabeth Nash at the Guttmacher Institute, a research group focused on abortion rights, stated that if Roe is overturned, “then I would expect in fairly short order we would start to see states, particularly the South, the Plains, and Midwest, look to adopt abortion bans.” Twelve states including Mississippi and Texas have so-called “trigger laws” to automatically ban abortions if that were to happen.
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