Posted on Jun 24, 2022
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades
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https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/ [login to see] /supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn
"The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.
Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe "must be overruled" because they were "egregiously wrong," the arguments "exceptionally weak" and so "damaging" that they amounted to "an abuse of judicial authority."
The decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter."
"The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists.
Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the 1973 Roe ruling and repeated subsequent high court decisions reaffirming Roe "must be overruled" because they were "egregiously wrong," the arguments "exceptionally weak" and so "damaging" that they amounted to "an abuse of judicial authority."
The decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow. For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country. The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter."
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades
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This move by the GOP supreme court will come back to haunt them in the near future and for decades to come.
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PFC (Join to see) - It's up to millennials and gen z now. The old relics are dying out and it will be the best for our country moving forward.
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1SG (Join to see) they have another 10 years before the youngest die out. They've spent decades stacking the deck against my millennial generation and those who come after us. They will spend the next 8 years righting what they deem wrong through legality when they can't accomplish it in Congress. Every single thing progressive policy will be undone . The authority of the EPA is coming next when the supreme deals they have no authority of environmental crises and issues. It will take 20 years to undo the next 8 years they enact.
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I already know the shit storm of comments full of ignorance that are going to show up on this topic.
This ruling is bullshit. If you are someone who thinks it won't affect you because you don't have a uterus or you can no longer have a pregnancy, think again. Roe was ruled on the right to privacy - now the SCOTUS is saying there is no constitutional right to privacy. It's not going to stop with abortion. Those 23 or more states that have "trigger laws" are probably already enacting them banning abortion. Then they're going to pass laws to criminalize anyone who tries to go to a state that allows abortion. Then they'll criminalize miscarriage. Then they're going after IVF and birth control. When they're done with that, it's going to be same sex and interracial marriage they go after - and then it will just keep going and going.
But - this shit has already been happening to women of color for generations. It's not new and any other white women out there should have known our day was coming sooner than later. The Republicans have been planning to overturn Roe since the day after it was ruled. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
I already know the bs comments I'll get in replies. Save your typing. I'm not "hysterical" nor anything else men want to call women who have a mind of their own. SCOTUS already took the 4th Amendment from those who live within 100 miles of the border. Then this....it's not going to stop. Funny how they say the states can't have control over gun laws but they have the right to control over laws for abortion....hmm.
This ruling is bullshit. If you are someone who thinks it won't affect you because you don't have a uterus or you can no longer have a pregnancy, think again. Roe was ruled on the right to privacy - now the SCOTUS is saying there is no constitutional right to privacy. It's not going to stop with abortion. Those 23 or more states that have "trigger laws" are probably already enacting them banning abortion. Then they're going to pass laws to criminalize anyone who tries to go to a state that allows abortion. Then they'll criminalize miscarriage. Then they're going after IVF and birth control. When they're done with that, it's going to be same sex and interracial marriage they go after - and then it will just keep going and going.
But - this shit has already been happening to women of color for generations. It's not new and any other white women out there should have known our day was coming sooner than later. The Republicans have been planning to overturn Roe since the day after it was ruled. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
I already know the bs comments I'll get in replies. Save your typing. I'm not "hysterical" nor anything else men want to call women who have a mind of their own. SCOTUS already took the 4th Amendment from those who live within 100 miles of the border. Then this....it's not going to stop. Funny how they say the states can't have control over gun laws but they have the right to control over laws for abortion....hmm.
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Maj John Bell Ah there's the sexist "look at the hysterical woman" comment. Thanks for proving my point. Gfy.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Casey O'Mally Omfg Roe was ruled under the right to privacy. Overturning that decision then overturns a constitutional right to privacy. That's why RBG wanted it to be argued under the equal protection clause because that wouldn't have been easy to overturn.
And Clarence Thomas literally said they're going after other things like birth control and same sex marriage.
And Clarence Thomas literally said they're going after other things like birth control and same sex marriage.
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Maj John Bell
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - Just as I suspected. If a woman doesn't agree with you, she's suffering from Stockholm syndrome. You are a walking, talking caricature. If a number of people label you as hysterical, there is always the possibility/probability that they are correct.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff no overturning Roe does not overturn right to privacy. It overturns right to privacy IN REGARDS TO ABORTION. Roe did not establish right to privacy. That was Griswold, which predates Roe. Additionally, Griswold simply codified the implication of the 4th Amendment, which guarantees the right to be "secure" in our personal effects, and our personal spaces. Ending human life is not part of 4A.
Yes, people took Griswold's implication that a personal choice for birth control being a private matter, and tried to apply it to the "personal choice" of ending human life. But that no longer is a purely private matter, which is why the EXISTING AND CONTINUING right to privacy does not extend to abortion.
Just because Roe was argued under right to privacy and has been overturned doesn't mean ALL privacy rights are gone. Only the right to privately end a human life. Warrants are still necessary for wiretaps and searches, for example. Unless you think that is now overturned with this, as well?
Finally, Clarence Thomas can't "go after" diddly squat. And the fact that you are concerned he will shows your ignorance of our court system. SCOTUS, just like ALL American courts, is PASSIVE. They literally do not have the power or authority to "go after" anything. They can ONLY rule on cases that are brought to them. Yes, they have the power of cert. But that STILL requires someone to bring the case. That isn't SCOTUS going after anything. It is someone ELSE going after it, and SCOTUS making a ruling, AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED to do so.
Yes, people took Griswold's implication that a personal choice for birth control being a private matter, and tried to apply it to the "personal choice" of ending human life. But that no longer is a purely private matter, which is why the EXISTING AND CONTINUING right to privacy does not extend to abortion.
Just because Roe was argued under right to privacy and has been overturned doesn't mean ALL privacy rights are gone. Only the right to privately end a human life. Warrants are still necessary for wiretaps and searches, for example. Unless you think that is now overturned with this, as well?
Finally, Clarence Thomas can't "go after" diddly squat. And the fact that you are concerned he will shows your ignorance of our court system. SCOTUS, just like ALL American courts, is PASSIVE. They literally do not have the power or authority to "go after" anything. They can ONLY rule on cases that are brought to them. Yes, they have the power of cert. But that STILL requires someone to bring the case. That isn't SCOTUS going after anything. It is someone ELSE going after it, and SCOTUS making a ruling, AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED to do so.
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Was never a "Right" in the first place, even the hero of the Left RBJ was surprised it hadn't been overturned prior to her passing since it was passed on such shaky grounds.
At the State level some will allow mothers to terminate the pregnancy up to and including at delivery (shameful), others will restrict it to sometime inside the first Trimester and others will fall in-between. States Rights FTW.
At the State level some will allow mothers to terminate the pregnancy up to and including at delivery (shameful), others will restrict it to sometime inside the first Trimester and others will fall in-between. States Rights FTW.
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