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Supreme Court signals shift on abortion – but will it strike down Roe or leave it to states to decide when 'personhood' occurs?

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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The Supreme Court justices signaled a potential major shift on abortion law on Dec. 1, 2021. Hearing arguments in a case that could fundamentally alter abortion rights and regulations throughout the nation, the six conservative justices who hold the...

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