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SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE v. WADE
The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, ending a 49-year-long interpretation that abortion is a constitutional right. Now individual states have the power to allow, limit, or ban the practice altogether.
“We end this opinion where we began,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the 6-3 opinion (PDF). “Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
The case decided today was Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which focused on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state asked the Supreme Court to strike down a lower court ruling that stopped the legislation from taking effect.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Alito’s opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts agreed with the result but filed a separate opinion. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan filed a joint dissent.
In addition to ending Roe (1973), today’s decision also overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), which re-affirmed abortion as a constitutional right.
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I was in tears when I heard. I thought it would be anti-climatic given the leak of a few weeks ago, but it wasn’t. I am still moved beyond words. And it came on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! This is so momentous in my life that I had to write up my own post.
God bless everyone who prayed or worked toward this day. It is a joyous moment.
Absolutely! This will be Donald Trump’s greatest achievement. No wishy-washy RINO appointments to the SCOTUS. He is such an imperfect man but I believe that God worked through him to get us here. May God bless Donald Trump for this.
So will the Bulwark complain about this decision – I know their sugar daddy doesn’t like it
Guaranteed.
That’s a legitimate legal point of view. That’s all he’s saying.
I am amazed that pro-lifers almost never used one of their strongest arguments, that Roe v. Wade was designed and has functioned to reduce the growth of the black population.
For sociocultural reasons nobody understands, black women have abortions two or three times as often as white women.
Yesterday was Justice Clarence Thomas’s birthday. ;)
I haven’t read it yet but found this.
I hope someone collects the most unhinged Tweets on this decision. Jen Rubin saying that now women will be executed has got to be up there.
I listened in on the annual Worldwide Rosary Relay 12:00 PM Eastern – 6 PM Rome time – the prayers are traveling across the world today – June 24th to every continent. There is a host and representative in every corner of the world. It just ended here in US and I hadn’t heard the news, but I typed into the Zoom Chat for protection for the members of our Supreme Court. I just now read this news – we can thank the prayers going across the world and the power of the Holy Spirit today.
On your first point, I don’t find it to be a strong argument at all. It is the sort of discriminatory impact argument that is at the basis of Critical Race Theory, a doctrine that I find erroneous.
On your second point, the reasons aren’t necessarily sociocultural, and I think that there is some understanding of the issue. But let’s not sidetrack this post.
So far nothing from the Bulwark.
Nothing from Rick Wilson on Twitter
Charlie Sykes retweeted a simple post about the ruling with no commentary on Twitter
Bill Kristol’s retweeting things that would lead you to think he is unhappy.
Because pro-lifers don’t believe in exploiting people for their cause, unlike pro-regressives.
I don’t know. I thought he was pro-life too. I think he’s covering his a$$ against Liberal primary challenge.
I have occasionally heard black pro-lifers point out what Roe v. Wade was actually doing.
They do use that argument. It just doesn’t seem to resonate beyond those who are pro-life. If you’re pro-abortion, you don’t care where it came from.
I heard it was near identical to the leaked version. If there are substantive differences it will come out in the following days.
Nah, more like protecting his committee assignments and so forth. He won re-election handily in a state where DJT won by a 2-1 margin. He won’t be primaried.
To be precise, a strong argument in terms of appealing to people on the Left. The fact that girl babies are more often aborted than boy babies, in most countries, is another useful argument that way.
Jenn Rubin has had both of her oars on the same side of her boat for a while now.
I fear more states using this decision as a catalyst and liberalize their abortion laws to include late term abortions. I’m unfortunately doubtful this decision will decrease the amount of abortions. I sure hope I’m wrong.
Killing black babies is not what Roe v. Wade was actually doing.
What it was doing was allowing women to kill their own babies. Lots of women want to do this, given the choice. I think that they are horrible for doing so.
A greater proportion of black women seem to be horrible in this way, compared to white women. It is terrible that there are so many horrible women of both races.
On the race differential in abortion rates, this does not show that black women are victims. It shows that they are much more likely to be perpetrators of infanticide.
This is sad, but not surprising, as the prevalence of virtually every sort of dysfunctional behavior is higher among American blacks than among American whites.
I don’t know, Biden and Pelosi might have mixed feelings about it
That’s why state referendums, like the one on August 2 in Kansas, are important.
We the people can take this issue into our hands.
It’s more than what we’re likely to see over here for decades. But it’s so encouraging for the young pro life people here.
Is it bad that I’m finding their reaction the icing on the cake?
Planned Parenthood will probably make serious bank on this. Sick Mother(watchyomouth)s!! Sorry. Trying not to be a negative Nelly. I’m all for overturing Roe but there is a downside.
Do you have any evidence that this argument appeals to the Left? I don’t think so.
To the extent that it does — on the black-white issue first — it would do so by playing to their anti-white racist views.
Ditto for the argument about abortion of girl and boy babies.
These are just appalling arguments. Sorry to be tough on you, Taras, we do see this sort of thing all of the time. We’re steeped in anti-white racism and anti-male sexism.
Abortion is awful whether the baby is black, white, or something else. Abortion is awful whether the baby is a boy or a girl. I recommend that you stop pandering to the type of person who thinks that black babies are more important than white babies, or that girl babies are more important than boy babies. They’re all precious.
You’re not the only one😂
Many women who seek abortions do so under pressure from the males in their lives.