Abortion rights helped Democrats stave off a hefty defeat at midterm elections last year.

The number of abortions carried out stood above 9.5 million between 2015 to 2019, according to a National Health Commission report published at the end of 2021.

But Biden is now an unpopular president and Americans' biggest worry these days is sky-high inflation.

Individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves.

The mass demonstrations are a response to a leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court's conservative majority is poised to overturn a landmark 1973 ruling guaranteeing abortion access nationwide.

Since becoming president, Biden has backed pro-abortion rights measures although he has also tried keeping symbolic distance.

The law bans abortions at around six weeks, with no exception for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.

Advocates of a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy have called on Congress to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law to protect it from any possible reversal by the Supreme Court.

Attorney-General Merrick Garland says the Texas act is 'clearly unconstitutional'.

This comes days after a watershed ruling that penalising abortion is unconstitutional.

Peer pressure, the influence of the internet and media, and lack of preventive sex education have an impact on minors and their understanding of the matter as well.

The bill, passed after 12 hours of debate, legalises voluntary abortions at any stage up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.