Colleges offer students counseling to ‘cope’ with Roe v. Wade reversal

Published June 27, 2022 12:00am ET



A number of U.S. colleges responded to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade, vacating a constitutional right to an abortion, by directing students to school counseling services.

The court’s Friday ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overruled the precedents set in Roe and the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which had upheld a right to an abortion under the Constitution. The Friday decision means that the issue returns to state legislatures.

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