(NPR) Supreme Court's New Supermajority: What It Means For Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court's New Supermajority: What It Means For Roe v. Wade








Anti-abortion rights activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 5, 2020. The court's new conservative supermajority puts the fate of Roe v. Wade in doubt.



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Supreme Court's New Supermajority: What It Means For Roe v. Wade






There are two schools of thought: either the right to abortion will be systemically hollowed out, leaving it a right on paper only, or Roe will be overturned.