'It will end safe, legal abortions,' abortion-rights, anti-abortion backers speak out

Chris Pugh, The Columbus Dispatch
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Many quickly took to social media to react to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a 2018 Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks into pregnancy.

This case is being used to challenge the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, which has allowed abortions up to a certain point across the United States.

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The Supreme Court's decision on Friday gives the power to rule on abortion to individual states, a decision that abortion-rights supporters fear would lead to restrictions or bans on abortion in Ohio.

Meanwhile, anti-abortion supporters were excited about the decision in hopes that Roe v. Wade would be overturned in Ohio.

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Here's what is being said by some people in Ohio on social media:

'Abortion is nowhere in the Constitution'

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He's praying for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to ban abortions

'This is where American democracy is headed'

'It's not government overreach for SCOTUS to stop overruling state legislatures'

'Abortion is still legal in Ohio'

Overturning Roe vs. Wade 'is a great step'

Gov. Mike DeWine the target of abortion-rights supporters

Will companies like Intel go forward with plans to move massive production into states like Ohio that will ban all abortion?

Offering to help those seeking an abortion in Ohio

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio abortion-rights, anti-abortion supporters discuss SCOTUS ruling