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What a second Trump presidency means for abortion laws across the US

By Joan Mahoney, Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton

Before the 2024 presidential election, it was expected that one of the big issues that would get the female vote out for Kamala Harris would be women’s reproductive rights. This followed the 2022 “Dobbs decision” of the US Supreme Court which had effectively struck down 50 years of protection for a woman’s right to an abortion under the 1973 decision Roe v Wade.

Many people thought the presidential election would be a referendum on this issue. Donald…

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