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The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wadedecision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.
we could have a fugitive woman’s law. Can’t have the property loose in other states.If accurate, a deeply worrying backward step for this country.
Also, it's just kicking the can down the road. "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
So the states decide? This would just set up the inevitable "Texan woman goes to New Mexico for an abortion" and that massive can of worms.
we could have a fugitive woman’s law. Can’t have the property loose in other states.
Hence the effort to ban it nationally.It'll be interesting to see how many abortions done in states like CA, NY, NM, CO, etc are from women in states where it will be overturned.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.” — Justice Samuel Alito in an initial draft majority opinion
I think it was a forgone conclusion, but I also think they didn't want it out yet. Could seriously hurt their party's chances in the midterms, and they're already looking pretty grim.I’m a little bit surprised that this came out before the midterms, but only a little bit. Ever since Trump won in 2016, this was essentially a fait accompli. The effort to ban abortion nationwide is of course next.
“The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wadedecision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.” “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.www.politico.com
Hence the effort to ban it nationally.
If this doesn’t wake women up I’m assuming they agree with this. At a certain point I can’t speak for you. Maybe you do want to be second class citizens in your medical decisions.Yep. If this doesn't wake women up, I don't know what will.
You’re faster on the draw.Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
A lot to digest here. If true, and it holds, this will be a major defeat for the left.
My first question is: who leaked this, and was the leak legal?
Yup!I predict this is something the Republicans would kill the filibuster over
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I always expected it to happen with these justices on the court; I’m just surprised how quickly it happenedMy mouth dropped a little. Can't believe they're doing it.
Hence the effort to ban it nationally.
Kansas's rate has more than doubled since the Texas thing, and is expected to triple with the oklahoma decision. The the Kansas legislature will amend the State Constitution to allow banning them and folks will have to go even further.It'll be interesting to see how many abortions done in states like CA, NY, NM, CO, etc are from women in states where it will be overturned.
Yup, this will probably cost them the women's vote.Leaking this before the midterms was dumb.
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