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Civil liberties under threat - Roe v Wade overturned

Monday 27th June 2022 | Quintin Jane | R1 News Reporter | quintin@r1.co.nz
Image: Pro-choice protestors in Georgia. Riley Bunch/Georgia Public Broadcasting

Civil liberties are under threat as the United States Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling, which protected abortion rights at a federal level. Professor Annick Masselot (Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury) says New Zealanders shouldn’t be complacent, acknowledging that abortion rights have a young history here in Aotearoa.