Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs ends 50 years of federal abortion rights

The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Justice Samuel Alito writes the majority, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The ruling returns abortion regulation entirely to the states. Trigger laws in 13 states immediately ban abortion. Justice Thomas's concurrence calls for reconsidering the cases protecting contraception access and same-sex marriage. Biden calls the ruling "a tragic error" and "a realisation of an extreme ideology and a tragic mistake." The Dobbs decision energizes Democratic voters. In the November 2022 midterms, Dobbs is credited as a primary driver of Democrats outperforming historical trends by 20+ points.