Three years ago, today, the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.

The court has done what has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans that had already been recognized.

That's then-President Joe Biden, a few hours later reacting

to the court overturning Roe v. Wade, which for 49 years had guaranteed the right to an abortion

nationwide. There had been some warning. A draft of the decision had been leaked more than a month

before, but that morning outside the court, the news was still monumental.

When I knew the decision was handed down, I just, women are going to die.

That's Poppy Luthon, from Seattle. She happened to be in D.C. for a conference.

She worried about the world her teenage daughter was growing up into.

The Supreme Court is meant to give us justice and is being taken away. And I'm overcome.

I'm just overcome with grief. But others were celebrating.

Very excited, very happy, very grateful, but still a lot of work to do.

Kelsey Smith from Clemson, South Carolina, was wearing a shirt that read the pro-life generation votes.

I mean, the pro-life generation and the pro-life movement wants to really make abortion illegal, unthinkable, and unnecessary.

Those two reactions, grief and excitement, played out across the country as the day unfolded.

Anne Scheidler, vice president of the Pro-Life Action League, spoke to NPR.

It's hard to believe this day is here, even though we had the leak. It's just unbelievable.

We anticipated this day would come someday. We knew the country would come to its senses.

Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Mississippi Clinic at the

center of the court's decision, spoke with NPR as well.

You know, it's absolutely devastating. Even though we had that advanced leaked draft opinion,

it is still emotionally stunning to have this opinion now out and to have had the court just

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