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The White House said that abortion "is under assault as never before" on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that enshrined the procedure as a constitutional right.
Saturday's statement comes a day after an anti-abortion march in Washington, DC where activists expressed hope Supreme Court justices weighing up a Mississippi case would eventually overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling made on January 22, 1973.
Tens of thousands of people joined the annual March for Life protest where the group's president Jeanne Mancini told the crowd "we are hoping and praying that this year, 2022, will bring a historic change for life."
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, is considering the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which would ban abortions after 15 weeks. The court's decision could spark 20 other states to restrict or ban terminations.