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Supreme Court ends federal right to legal abortion in US
At the same time, the court voted 6-3 to uphold a Mississippi law that bans all abortion past 15 weeks, with very few medical exceptions.
According to Daily News, the 6-to-3 ruling, delivered in a Mississippi case, had been expected after a draft majority opinion leaked to the news media in May, and came from a conservative high court that was remade by President Donald J. Trump to tilt far further to the right.
7-2 vote to overturn Roe
In overturning Roe, the court’s conservatives bucked the view of the majority of Americans, who have long opposed a reversal of the 1973 decision, according to opinion polls. Roe was decided by a 7-to-2 vote.
The court’s new opinion, which also laid waste to the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey ruling reaffirming Roe, will not cut into New Yorkers’ legal right to abortion. New York legalized abortion in 1970 and expanded reproductive rights in 2019.
But 26 states are likely or certain enact near-blanket bans on abortion, according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights New York nonprofit. Many conservative state legislatures have been preparing for the fall of Roe for years.
Republicans have stewed over Roe, arguing that the decision lacked grounding in the text of the Constitution.
Democrats, meanwhile, have long argued the ruling offered a critical lifeline for women, protecting against government overreach into women’s choices. Liberal lawyers say the Constitution’s protections plainly, if implicitly, cover bodily autonomy.
No right to abortion
In Friday's ruling, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the Constitution “does not confer a right to abortion," stating it is ultimately up to the states to regulate abortion access.
“Abortion presents a profound moral question,” Alito wrote. “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. The Court overrules those decisions and returns that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
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25 Responses to “Supreme Court ends federal right to legal abortion in US”
I've seen the statistics...most abortions are just plain and simple murder.
Moreover, it should be any doubt now that voting rights matter, campaigning matters, voting matters, representation matter, getting and staying civically engaged matter. Too many people believe that their vote does not matter and fail to vote, saying that politicians will do as they like. They do as they because they are rewarded for doing as they like. It persists because it persists. Moreover, it clear that it does not matter what nominees say during confirmation hearings, for they will do the smart, human thing and say or avoid saying what will ensure his/her nomination.
the conservatives which make up the majority of we americans WON today!!!!!!
I find it strange that so called conservatives would encourage this.
What we need is less state interference in our lives, not more. Particularly here in the BVI.
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