{"id":268165,"date":"2022-06-24T09:15:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=268165"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:15:56","slug":"supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court of United States overturns ‘Roe v. Wade’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court has officially ruled in favor of the state of Mississippi<\/a> in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, keeping the state’s 15-week abortion ban in place and officially overturning Roe v. Wade <\/i>and Planned\u00a0Parenthood v. Casey, <\/i>returning the issue to the states.<\/p>\n

The decision<\/a>, written by Justice Samuel Alito, states, “There is nothing in the Constitution about abortion, and the Constitution does not implicitly protect the right. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”<\/p>\n

The decision also reads:<\/p>\n

Like the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, Roe was also egregiously wrong and on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided. Casey perpetuated its errors, calling both sides of the national controversy to resolve their debate, but in doing so, Casey necessarily declared a winning side. <\/em><\/p>\n

Those on the losing side\u2014those who sought to advance the State\u2019s interest in fetal life\u2014could no longer seek to persuade their elected representatives to adopt policies consistent with their views. The Court short-circuited the democratic process by closing it to the large number of Americans who disagreed with Roe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https:\/\/t.co\/ZNYRs3QnpJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n