The US Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday, voting to overturn Roe v. Wade — the 1973 ruling that guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights.
This most recent case, which was heard by the Court in December 2021, centered on a Mississippi law banning abortion if the “probable gestational age of the unborn human” is more than 15 weeks. This ruling comes after a draft decision document that signaled this outcome leaked on May 2.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https://t.co/ZNYRs3QnpJ
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of children will now live who would otherwise have been killed in the womb. This is a victory for all human beings, who are created in the image of God.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 24, 2022
The dissent, of course, is rooted in the idea that states may not speak on the question of abortion, but that the wisest oligarchs in robes can do so in the name of a Constitution that says precisely nothing on the issue.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 24, 2022
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 24, 2022
Majority takes Roberts to the woodshed. pic.twitter.com/ahj1fy2P4n
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) June 24, 2022
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled. The authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the 6-3 majority https://t.co/w9jrSWV8Ho
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 24, 2022
Baruch Hashem!