When Roe v. Wade was finally overturned a victory that pro-life advocates had been striving toward for decades 40 Days for Life President Shawn Carney expected that his organization would probably shrink considerably. But he was underestimating the impact that the monumental June 2022 Supreme Court decision would have on the American public, he said in an interview with The Daily Signal.
On June 24 of last year, under the threat of violence and uproar, the Supreme Court made history by declaring there is no constitutional right to abortion, robbing the Roe v. Wade decision of its 50th anniversary.
Democrats and Republicans have pushed legislation at the federal and state levels, expanding and restricting legal abortion, respectively, amid increased public pressure following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Democrats and Republicans have faced pressure to express precisely which abortion policies they support since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.