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Abortion-rights demonstrators gather outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Americans should fear what comes next, the three dissenting justices wrote Friday in excoriating the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning nearly 50 years of abortion precedent.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The leaders of the National Governors Association said Friday, June 10, 2022, they're forming a bipartisan working group led by chair Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, and vice chair Murphy, a Democrat, to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022, with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership. The new partnership focuses on boosting the offshore wind industry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In this file photo, State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Mr. Mastriano, a pro-lifer who won his party's nomination for governor, will face Democrat Josh Shapiro on the ballot in November. The views of the two candidates are now going to get more attention with the Supreme Court's decision to kick the issue of abortion back to the states. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

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In this file photo, State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Mr. Mastriano, a pro-lifer who won his party's nomination for governor, will face Democrat Josh Shapiro on the ballot in November. The views of the two candidates are now going to get more attention with the Supreme Court's decision to kick the issue of abortion back to the states. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

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