US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on 24 June. Abortion rights now return to the states. Michelle and Barack Obama were among those to speak out.
June 24, 2022 - 16:40 BST Rebecca Lewis Michelle Obama has been left"heartbroken" following the news on Friday that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade. "I am heartbroken today," the mother-of-two wrote in a powerful letter shared on social media.
"Our hearts may be broken today, but tomorrow, we've got to get up and find the courage to keep working towards creating the more just America we all deserve," she concluded.The US Supreme Court ruled Friday 24 June that Americans no longer have a constitutional right to abortion. Six of the nine justices ruled that the right to end a pregnancy was not found in the text of the Constitution nor the nation's history.
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