Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today from London on your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

We're dedicating the show today to America's overturning of the landmark Roe vs Wade

ruling on the right to abortion.

We look at a country convulsed by the decision and speak with a woman whose life was saved

by a procedure that may now be under threat.

And our Supreme Court Supreme Court explains how the almost 50-year-old president was thrown

out against the evident will of a majority of Americans.

It's been a weekend of upheaval in America after the Supreme Court's decision on Friday

to strike down Roe vs Wade.

The case involving the state of Mississippi was called Dom's vs Jackson Women's Health

Organization.

The court's view is that America's constitution does not, in fact, explicitly protect a woman's

right to abortion as Roe vs Wade had held.

Although far from a surprise, the ruling sent shockwaves around the country.

On the streets, emotions were high, with protesters lambasting the decision and anti-abortion activists

cheering along a weighted result.

It's just one sign of divisions that have been exposed by the decision.

Without federal protection, abortion legislation is now a matter for the states, many of which

immediately made abortion illegal.

For example, in Kentucky, Louisiana, and South Dakota, it happens immediately.

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