How Americans lost their right to abortions: a conservative victory 50 years in the making
Abortion rights activists outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. The end of federal protection for abortion is expected to lead to 26 states to ban the procedure immediately or as soon as practicable, impacting tens of millions of US women and people who can become pregnant. Photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
The short version of how Americans lost their right to terminate a pregnancy might be summed up in one name: Trump.
The real estate tycoon and reality-TV star first shocked the world by winning the US presidency, then rewarded his base by confirming three supreme court justices to a nine-member bench, thus rebalancing the court to lean conservative for a generation to come.
