Those three decisions were historic and milestone cases regarding reproductive and civil rights. Wade decision “egregiously wrong” and “an abuse of judicial authority.”Īgreeing with that rationale of unconstitutionality, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately that the justices, in future cases, “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,” which he called “erroneous decisions” and specifically mentioning a duty to “correct the error.”
Moreover, Alito called the original Roe vs. “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion Roe and Casey are overruled and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” he wrote. The basis of the decision, in the opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, was that the right to abortion is not enshrined in the U.S. But the consequences of the broad decision could be even more far-reaching than women’s rights to abortions, namely placing in danger the legal rights to contraception, same-sex marriage, and even private sexual relationships. Other states intended to put into place bans after the decision was published, which was all but certain following a leak of the draft in May.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization will be severe, and in some cases, immediate: Many states have “trigger bans,” allowing abortion prohibitions to go into law right away. The consequences of the decision in Dobbs v.
