It's been a year since Roe v Wade was overturned, but the impact on abortion access hasn't just been felt in the US.
Image: In 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that for nearly 50 years guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. After a year of fertility treatments, Ms Zurawski fell pregnant in May last year, and the couple were overjoyed.
Amanda Zurawski and her husband Josh were overjoyed when they found out they were having a baby, but they later learned their daughter would not survive.Texas is among states where the law now only allows for an abortion if the mother is at risk of death or "substantial impairment of a major bodily function".In some cases, they can also face up to life in prison.
Amanda and Josh Zurawski were caught up in Texas' strict anti-abortion laws when Amanda experienced medical complications during pregnancy.Roe v Wade was a landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established access to abortion as a constitutional right until the foetus is viable outside the womb, typically 22 to 24 weeks.In June 2022, the Supreme Court voted to overturn the decision, leaving states to set their own restrictions.
"To some extent, the Supreme Court has always been somewhat political ... presidents appoint justices they think will side with them on the questions of the day," she said. "More people in Australia started having conversations about their own experiences of abortion," she said.
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