How Americans lost their right to abortions: a victory for conservatives, 50 years in the making

Why, and how, a decision opposed by a majority of Americans came about has everything to do with political power, experts say

The short version of how Americans lost their right to terminate a pregnancy might be summed up in one name: Trump.

The real estate tycoon and reality-TV star first shocked the world by winning the US presidency, then rewarded his base by confirming three supreme court justices to a nine-member bench, thus rebalancing the court to lean conservative for a generation to come.