SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women Health eliminating federal right

The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. Justice Samuel Alito writes for the majority, holding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and that the issue is returned to elected representatives. Justice Clarence Thomas writes separately urging the Court to revisit Griswold (contraception), Lawrence (same-sex intimacy), and Obergefell (same-sex marriage). Thirteen states had trigger laws that immediately banned abortion. The draft opinion had been leaked in May 2022.