Supreme Court Roe ruling won't be final word

+ the truth about bedbugs US Edition - Today's top story: Change won't appear overnight in many states if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade [View in browser]( US Edition | 3 June 2022 [The Conversation]( The Supreme Court is notoriously tight-lipped about when, exactly, it will announce its decisions – including a highly-anticipated ruling which could reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Whatever happens, the court’s ruling won’t be the final word on abortion in the U.S., [points out]( Katherine Drabiak, an associate professor of health law and medical ethics at the University of South Florida. Rather, it could be “the starting point for states to navigate a wide range of new abortion laws,” Drabiak writes. But deciding at the state level whether to make it easier or harder to get an abortion might be complex and time-consuming. Either way, the legal pathway ahead won’t be decided with one Supreme Court ruling. 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