The day has come. For a long time we feared it, then we knew to expect it, but when it finally came, it felt like a stab in the chest. I was sitting watching Chris Hayes as he covered developments related to the January 6th insurrection. When he came back from a routine commercial break, he had unexpected breaking news. The Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, revealed by a leaked draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito. Chief Justice Roberts has since confirmed the legitimacy of this document and based on the contents and tone of the opinion, there is no reason to believe the final opinion will be any different; the opinion states unequivocally that the right to an abortion afforded by Roe v. Wade was never constitutional in the first place. That it was inferred from the Constitution, but does not exist since it is not explicitly mentioned. But many rights were not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, including women’s right to vote. In fact the Constitution does not mention women
Overturning Roe v. Wade
Overturning Roe v. Wade
Overturning Roe v. Wade
The day has come. For a long time we feared it, then we knew to expect it, but when it finally came, it felt like a stab in the chest. I was sitting watching Chris Hayes as he covered developments related to the January 6th insurrection. When he came back from a routine commercial break, he had unexpected breaking news. The Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, revealed by a leaked draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito. Chief Justice Roberts has since confirmed the legitimacy of this document and based on the contents and tone of the opinion, there is no reason to believe the final opinion will be any different; the opinion states unequivocally that the right to an abortion afforded by Roe v. Wade was never constitutional in the first place. That it was inferred from the Constitution, but does not exist since it is not explicitly mentioned. But many rights were not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, including women’s right to vote. In fact the Constitution does not mention women