Editorial: US abortion row puts right to choice at risk

By The Canberra Times
Updated May 7 2022 - 11:25am, first published May 6 2022 - 5:30am
Former prime minister John Howard. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Former prime minister John Howard. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

While the rulings of the US Supreme Court have no legal standing here if, as seems likely, it votes to overturn Roe v Wade, the right of Australian women to choose to terminate a pregnancy could once again emerge as a political issue.