Why It’s Normal to Feel Devastated About Roe v Wade
That emotion you’re feeling is grief.
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5 min readJun 26, 2022
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion nationwide, in a 6–3 decision. The conservative supermajority voted in solidarity to do so, despite all of them having said that Roe is settled case-law when being confirmed.
