In 1973 in the Roe v Wade case, the Supreme Court legalised abortion throughout the United States.  Now, almost fifty years later the same court is considering overturning that judgement and returning abortion law to the states to decide.  

Media reporting of this case, especially in Europe, has been quite misleading. Often journalists have simply repeated the opinions of American opponents of the case: that the proposed law in Mississippi is extreme and restrictive; that overturning Roe v Wade will take away a “right” to abortion; and that it will endanger women’s lives.