The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has only further fractured an already deep division between the states, where contentious legal battles are almost certain to erupt as legislatures and attorneys general grapple with the new landscape of abortion access. Even before the opinion, lawmakers, activists and legal scholars were .
In their dissent, the Supreme Court's liberal justices referenced the potential for Friday's ruling to set off an era of legal chaos and peril for individuals.