10 Nov 2023

Pro-choice advocates in Guam 'elated' over anti-abortion law

From , 6:00 am on 10 November 2023
MIAMI, FLORIDA: JUNE 24: People march together to protest the Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health case on June 24, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The Court's decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health case overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case, removing a federal right to an abortion.   Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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There's elation among pro-choice advocates in Guam following a decision by the US territory's Supreme Court to debunk an anti-abortion law.

It means abortion will remain legal in Guam.

The anti-abortion law introduced in 1990 had been placed under injunction because a US federal case ruling known as "Roe vs Wade" legalised abortion across all states and territories. 

But last year, pro-life lawmakers were prompted to lift the injunction after the US Supreme court overturned "Roe vs Wade".

RNZ Pacific's Finau Fonua has more