![Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade](http://townsquare.media/site/757/files/2022/06/attachment-GettyImages-1300444456.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
In a landmark decision on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court is overturning Roe v. Wade, the decades-old ruling which legalized abortion nationwide.
The decision came while the high court was considering a case out of Mississippi where the state attempted to ban abortion after 15 weeks.
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito delivered the 6-to-3 majority opinion.
The actual opinion came weeks after Politico published a leaked draft opinion indicating justices were indeed ready to strike down Roe.
In the ruling, Alito writes the authority to regulate abortion is being returned "to the people and their elected representatives."
Going forward, abortion rights will be determined by states, unless Congress acts.
KEEP READING: Scroll to see what the big headlines were the year you were born
More From News Radio 1310 KLIX
![Idaho Home to the Best Ran City in the United States, But it Isn’t Boise](http://townsquare.media/site/94/files/2022/03/attachment-Add-a-heading-2022-03-21T101008.411.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![FDA Orders Removal of All Juul E-Cigs From U.S. Market](http://townsquare.media/site/341/files/2022/06/attachment-attachment-Juul.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Mind-Numbing Time I Camped In Idaho Next To Pantera Superfans](http://townsquare.media/site/97/files/2022/06/attachment-Untitled-design-2022-06-23T120545.822-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Does Competition Have A Habit Of Ruining Your Idaho Campouts?](http://townsquare.media/site/97/files/2022/06/attachment-game.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Woman Who Makes Idaho Drag Queens Look Sane](http://townsquare.media/site/95/files/2022/06/attachment-rochelle-brown-P-K0CNvhBoI-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Gas Prices Spell Open Warfare on Idaho’s Way of Life](http://townsquare.media/site/95/files/2022/06/attachment-Gas-11.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The One And Only ‘Tater Salad’ Comedian Is Coming To Fort Hall](http://townsquare.media/site/94/files/2018/04/GettyImages-ron-white.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Why Taking Pets into Certain Stores Needs to be Monitored in Twin Falls](http://townsquare.media/site/94/files/2022/06/attachment-Add-a-heading-2022-06-23T074915.932.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New K9 Joins Magic Valley Fish and Game Team](http://townsquare.media/site/95/files/2022/06/attachment-K9_jim_and_riley_IDFG.jpg?w=980&q=75)