2 Dozen States to Restrict Abortions After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% :More than two dozen states will move to restrict abortions following the Supreme Court's Friday ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
46% : The authority to regulate abortion doesn't rest in the court system, he argued, adding that only legislatures have that power.
43% : Overall, 26 of 50 U.S. states are likely or certain to ban abortion after the ruling was handed down Friday, the Institute says.
42% : Five more states had respective bans on abortion from the time before the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973.
40% : "We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.
39% : Meanwhile, the legislatures of Florida, Indiana, Montana, and Nebraska appear likely to ban abortion based on previous and current efforts, the group says.
38% : The Center for Reproductive Rights, a pro-abortion group, estimates that 25 states are likely to ban abortion.
29% : Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in an opinion for the majority Friday, wrote that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed Roe, was incorrect on the day it was decided and must be overturned.
26% : Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives," Alito wrote.
21% :"Beyond the 26 states certain or likely to attempt to ban abortion immediately, other states have demonstrated hostility toward abortion by adopting multiple restrictions in the past, but are not likely to ban abortion in the near future.

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