Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights per draft opinion (Update: Dobbs opinion official)

[Brennan77]

Forgive me for posting this given that I'm not a regular participant.

Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

www.politico.com

Read Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade

Read the full 98-page initial draft majority opinion.

www.politico.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of pregnancy.

The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year to strike down a similar law.

The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after Republican state lawmakers replaced the lone female on the court, Justice Kaye Hearn.

Writing for the new majority, Justice John Kittredge acknowledged that the 2023 law infringes on “a woman’s right of privacy and bodily autonomy,” but said the state legislature reasonably determined this time around that those interests don’t outweigh “the interest of the unborn child to live.”

“As a Court, unless we can say that the balance struck by the legislature was unreasonable as a matter of law, we must uphold the Act,” Kittredge wrote.……

South Carolina's new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban

South Carolina's newly all-male Supreme Court has reversed course on abortion, upholding a ban on most such procedures after just weeks of pregnancy.

apnews.com

 

[Taurus]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of pregnancy.

The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year to strike down a similar law.

The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after Republican state lawmakers replaced the lone female on the court, Justice Kaye Hearn.

Writing for the new majority, Justice John Kittredge acknowledged that the 2023 law infringes on “a woman’s right of privacy and bodily autonomy,” but said the state legislature reasonably determined this time around that those interests don’t outweigh “the interest of the unborn child to live.”

“As a Court, unless we can say that the balance struck by the legislature was unreasonable as a matter of law, we must uphold the Act,” Kittredge wrote.……

South Carolina's new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban

South Carolina's newly all-male Supreme Court has reversed course on abortion, upholding a ban on most such procedures after just weeks of pregnancy.

apnews.com

Pay attention, ladies. Now, not only does a fetus have rights, those rights outweigh your own. Put another way, a lump of cells inside you counts for more than you do.

Regretting staying at home in '16 yet?

 

[SFIDC3]

Pay attention, ladies. Now, not only does a fetus have rights, those rights outweigh your own. Put another way, a lump of cells inside you counts for more than you do.

Regretting staying at home in '16 yet?

It's sad that the future of this country comes down to not economic policy or climate policy but I'm believing (and hoping) that trampling on women's constitutional rights might finally get the R's exactly what they deserve.....complete and utter lunacy.....

 

[MT15]

Pay attention, ladies. Now, not only does a fetus have rights, those rights outweigh your own. Put another way, a lump of cells inside you counts for more than you do.

Regretting staying at home in '16 yet?

Their stance has always been that the fetus’ rights outweigh the woman’s rights. It’s nothing new, it follows by literal definition of their stance.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

And not only that, how many doctors refuse to give the woman the option to tie her tubes unless she has multiple children already or at a certain age? "but what if you get married later or you get remarried" etc... like she should get permission from a man first.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Their stance has always been that the fetus’ rights outweigh the woman’s rights. It’s nothing new, it follows by literal definition of their stance.

and once it breathes air screw it.

 

[zztop]

(her daughter)

 

[MT15]

Rs will not stop lying about late term abortions. It’s infuriating.

 

[MT15]

How does this nitwit imagine that Roe got overturned?

 

[MT15]

Voters in OH have supported a ballot initiative to codify reproductive freedom into the OH state constitution. The OH MAGA Secretary of State has reworded the ballot initiative and it was approved 3-2 along party lines. The new wording was carefully modified to prejudice against the initiative.

 

[MT15]

The wording is intentionally misleading. The military allows soldiers who have to travel out of their assigned state to access legal reproductive care the leave time needed for such travel and reimburses them the money it takes to travel to get such care. The military is not paying for abortions.

 

[Taurus]

How does this nitwit imagine that Roe got overturned?

I think what they mean is that you don't get to just appoint Justices. One of 'em has to croak first.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

we do have 2 of them in their 70's and are big R's. when you get that age, stuff can sneak up on you quickly. It woudn't be too unreasonable to think one could be replaced during the next 5 years.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I think what they mean is that you don't get to just appoint Justices. One of 'em has to croak first.

I assumed that too, but that may be giving it too much credit

A rare case where both sides are correct

 

[MT15]

I think what they mean is that you don't get to just appoint Justices. One of 'em has to croak first.

Well, a couple of them should be impeached, which could happen if enough Dems win.

 

[DaveXA]

Well, a couple of them should be impeached, which could happen if enough Dems win.

You'd need 60 votes in the Senate for that to happen...I think.

 

[MT15]

You'd need 60 votes in the Senate for that to happen...I think.

Yeah, I think so too. Romney, Murkowski and maybe Collins, plus the Dems would need to add some. It’s difficult-but it should happen. They’re unethical and should be held accountable.

 

[DaveXA]

Yeah, I think so too. Romney, Murkowski and maybe Collins, plus the Dems would need to add some. It’s difficult-but it should happen. They’re unethical and should be held accountable.

Oh I agree, but it's a long shot at best. Probably energy best spent in pushing for reforms and going from there.