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AP wrote:WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.

The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.

Politico wrote:The bombshell decision is set to upend races across the country as governors, attorneys general and other state and local leaders gain new powers to decide when abortion will be permitted, if at all, and who should be prosecuted and potentially incarcerated when bans take effect.

RZehr wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:40 am Now, maybe a few other past court decisions should be binned as well. This one wasn’t the only ridiculous legislation that came from the courts.

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which THOMAS, GORSUCH, KAVANAUGH, and BARRETT, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., and KAVANAUGH, J., filed concurring opinions. ROBERTS, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., filed a dissenting opinion.

temporal1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:11 am

mike wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:28 am

RZehr wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:27 am Unbelievable. After all these years, all the prayers. All the work. Oh me of little faith.
A couple years ago I would have said that this day would never come. Amazing.

Yes, I never really even entertained the idea that such a thing might happen.

Agreed. On this forum, it was discussed that RvW was an established accepted non-issue. (i might find the topic, not sure.)
Even after “The Leak,” it was no sure thing.

The most convincing flag was how some states (like mine, the state of Chicago) were industriously+preemptively passing pro-corporate-abortion laws, and building new abortion clinics NEAR STATE BORDERS.

PRO-CHOICE: Before conception. Think about it. For your sake and others.

joey_the_ox wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:42 am

RZehr wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:40 am Now, maybe a few other past court decisions should be binned as well. This one wasn’t the only ridiculous legislation that came from the courts.

Clarence Thomas, concurring: "in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell."

joey_the_ox wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:42 am

RZehr wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:40 am Now, maybe a few other past court decisions should be binned as well. This one wasn’t the only ridiculous legislation that came from the courts.

Clarence Thomas, concurring:
"in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,
including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell."