PHOTOS: Pro-life Americans Celebrate the Overturning of Roe v. Wade After Nearly 50 Years

Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade a
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Rebecca Mansour

Pro-life Americans gathered outside the Supreme Court and throughout Washington, D.C., on Friday to celebrate the Court’s decision in the Dobbs case overruling Roe v. Wade and returning the regulation of abortion “to the people and their elected representatives.”

The 5-4 majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito states: “Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return the authority to the people and their elected representatives.”

Today’s ruling reverses the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe, thus undoing one of the most divisive and contested legal opinions in American history.

The Dobbs decision also represents the culmination of nearly 50 years of grassroots activism among a diverse and increasingly young pro-life movement, as seen in the celebrations outside the Court today.

Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Anti-abortion campaigners celebrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. - The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pro-life activists march outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Anti-abortion campaigners celebrate near the US Supreme Court in the streets of Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. - The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pro-life activists celebrate the decision overturning the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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