SC of the USA struck down the constitutional right to abortion in the country.

The Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) overturned its landmark decision in Roe v Wade and struck down the constitutional right to abortion in the country. By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 judgment, leaving it up to individual states to decide whether abortion is legal or not.

Judges who gave majority opinion are:

1. Justice Clarence Thomas, 

2. Justice Samuel Alito, 

3. Justice Neil Gorsuch, 

4. Justice Brett Kavanaugh and 

5. Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The four justices who voted against overruling Roe v Wade were Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.

The SC's decision came in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organisation, where the State of Mississippi sought to invalidate Roe v Wade and to permit elected officials instead to determine how abortion should be regulated or prohibited. The decision of the Apex Court in the Dobbs case upheld a 2018 Mississippi law that banned abortions 15-weeks pregnant women.