Georgia law professors, health care providers and lawmakers react to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade

June 24th, 2022

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6 to 3 vote.

This news comes more than one month after a leaked draft opinion suggested a majority of the justices supported overturning the court ruling that granted women the federal constitutional right to an abortion. Abortion rights will now be determined by states unless Congress acts.

On Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” show host Rose Scott talks with several guests about the implications of overturning the 1973 ruling.

Georgia State University law professors Tanya Washington and Anthony Michael Kreis, WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas, Kwajelyn Jackson, the executive director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center (FWHC), Andrea Young, the executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, and State Senator Rev. Kim Jackson, and State Senator Jen Jordan, discuss what the ruling means for Georgians and reproductive rights and health care access.