Threat to abortion rights spurs Democrats towards midterm showdown

Reproductive rights at the centre of the election battle as Republicans try to overturn pro-choice 1973 Roe ruling

03 May 2022 - 19:55 By Steven T. Dennis and Mike Dorning

Abortion rights suddenly emerged as an issue that could reshape the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of Congress, after a report that conservatives in the US Supreme Court were poised to strike down the half-century-old Roe v Wade precedent...

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