Roe v. Wade: Abortion Rights Reaffirmed Amid Restrictions
The Supreme Court fractured along ideological lines to affirm a woman's constitutional right to abortion while simultaneously dismantling key protections established by Roe v. Wade. This 1992 ruling immediately shifted legal standards, allowing states to impose stricter regulations on clinics and waiting periods that effectively restricted access without banning the procedure outright.
June 29, 1992
34 years ago
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What Else Happened on June 29
Cao Rui was 22 when he inherited an empire still bleeding from his father's failures. Cao Pi had spent years chasing total conquest of China and died with nothi…
Cao Pi succumbed to illness, ending his seven-year reign as the first emperor of the Cao Wei dynasty. His son, Cao Rui, immediately ascended the throne, inherit…
Nur ad-Din Zangi crushed the Crusader army at the Battle of Inab, killing Prince Raymond of Poitiers and scattering his forces. This decisive victory shattered …
A devastating earthquake struck Syria, destroying large sections of Hama and Shaizar and severely damaging the Crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers and the cat…
Sverre didn't just become King of Norway — he became the man the Pope refused to recognize. He claimed descent from King Eystein II, a story many doubted, but h…
The Church refused to crown him. So Sverre crowned himself. A former Faroese priest with a disputed claim to the Norwegian throne, Sverre Sigurdsson had spent y…
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