IMPACT OF OVERRULING ROE V. WADE
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion;
Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion
is returned to the people and their elected
representatives.”1
With these words, the Supreme Court of the United States
(“SCOTUS”) speaking through
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Samuel Alito ended the constitutional
protection granted to a woman's right to terminate her
pregnancy. On 24th June, 2022, the SCOTUS over-ruled
their long standing judgment in Roe vs.
Wade2 which had upheld a woman's
right to have an abortion until the fetus became viable
(usually 24-28 weeks after conception). It was also held
that this right was based on the ‘Right to Privacy'
enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
