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How to use the word overturned in a Sentence?

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We are disappointed in the verdict both as it relates to Daniel Perry and as it relates to a citizen’s ability to defend themselves, sgt. Perry will, of course, appeal the verdict and we are hopeful that the case will ultimately be overturned on appeal.

Clint Broden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sgt. Perry will, of course, appeal the verdict and we are hopeful that the case will ultimately be overturned on appeal.

Clint Broden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And it was not until the year 2017 that the guilty verdicts were overturned – including the one against me.

Klaus Schirdewahn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These data provide only a small glimpse into the national health crisis created when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and illustrate the devastating impact abortion bans have on people’s ability to access care, banning or restricting abortion doesn’t reduce people’s need for abortion care; it only blocks people’s ability to access it.

Alexis McGill Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We want to put in law protections for every woman in the country, no matter where they live, or how much money they make, or where they come from [to give them] the ability to make their own health care decisions as they had under Roe before it was overturned.

Patty Murray

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I would say that Roe v. Wade being overturned didn't necessarily change who I was going to vote for, but I think that it could absolutely change how people who are more so in the middle, like my mom, they will be more so pushed to vote for people who are going to protect the reproductive rights, i could not have said that better myself.

Emily Shereda

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Often, there's not the understanding that trans men are men and that nonbinary people are nonbinary people, and the needs of both of those categories and folks who are capable of pregnancy are often overlooked, so even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, folks were struggling to find reproductive care that was affirming of their gender identities, struggling to find accessible, affordable, safe reproductive care -- particularly folks who are Black, disabled, working class and living in the South.

Mickaela Bradford

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It felt like a game when Roe was overturned, to send out fundraising emails, and that was the only thing that was planned in response to Roe, feels so absolutely offensive.

Mario Biaggi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What we urge LGBTQ + families to remember is that while outrageous and concerning, the opinion in Dobbs -- and Thomas' invocation of Obergefell as' next' -- does not mean that Obergefell will be overturned, marriage equality is still the law of the land.

Shelbi Day

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Justice Thomas, who has never bowed to their assault, is at the zenith of his influence of any justice, really. And, you know, we see at the end of this term on all the opinions that have just come down, obviously, the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade. Justice Thomas has been writing on overturning Roe v Wade since 1992. So, for 30 years he's been writing that this should be overturned.

Mark Paoletta

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half-century, no longer exists. In less than 24 hours, we celebrated equal rights for women, and now we react to women’s reproductive rights being taken away.

Malika Andrews

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I do think that people are feeling really deflated, considering the fact so many Americans don't believe in Roe v. Wade getting overturned, like the power is still completely centralized. What can our votes really do ? granted, that won't stop me from voting, but I imagine that may stop others.

Daniella Levine

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To have this far-right extremist, racist, classist, bigoted Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade, and for them to make the decision when the majority of the people of this country have said that they don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned for various reasons.

Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's estimated that there will be a 3000 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in California, and nearly an 8700 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in Illinois when Roe is overturned, in a post-Roe world, abortion care via mail will likely become the most viable form of access for most of the country.

Kiki Freedman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The opinion from the Michigan Court of Claims is clear and sends the message that Michigan's 1931 law banning abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, should not go into effect even if Roe is overturned, it will help ensure that Michigan remains a place where women have freedom and control over their own bodies.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because if Roe is officially overturned by Supreme Court — which may happen any day now — abortion could become illegal in Michigan in nearly any circumstance, including in cases of rape and incest, because of a 1931 law on the books banning abortion in Michigan.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They took away a new harvester, which was recently delivered to us. They took away the sowing complex, a large and expensive machine. And they overturned one of the tractors, driving around drunk. Now it's lying in a ditch.

Vasiliy Tsvigun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have long thought that our time was limited and that Roe would be overturned, so, we have made plans.

Diane Derzis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If Roe is overturned, this fight will move squarely into the states.

Geoff Burgan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You obviously want it to go your way. It was overturned, and that was it.

Ryan Davis and Ben Shungu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[ H ] e could have overturned the Election !

President Trump

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s the defense’s last chance of getting the conviction thrown out now that they’ve exhausted all appeals and collateral attacks based on the facts, they’ve already succeeded on getting the death penalty overturned, so a new trial would be a huge setback for Laci, Conner, and justice for their murders.

Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The reality is that there was not enough significant fraud that was presented that would have overturned any of those states' elections.

Marc Short

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What they are saying, is that Former Vice President Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away, unfortunately, Former Vice President Mike Pence didn't exercise that power, Former Vice President Mike Pence could have overturned the Election !

President Trump

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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