Legal battles likely as divided states grapple with abortion


              Veteran Pink House defender Derenda Hancock reacts to anti-abortion activist Coleman Boyd's protesting outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, moments before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was issued, Friday, June 24, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
            
              Anti-abortion protesters celebrate following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
            
              Abortion-rights protesters regroup and protest following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade  in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)