pikku.tiikeri
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- Apr 17, 2022
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A leaked initial draft of majority opinion shows that the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is set to overturn its own ruling in the famous 1973 Roe v. Wade case. In that landmark case, SCOTUS ruled that the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a right to privacy that allows a pregnant woman to choose whether to have an abortion. While SCOTUS added that the right to choose to have an abortion was not absolute, Roe v. Wade nullified several state and federal laws on abortion and ensured that American women had safe access to abortion by trained medical personnel in the years and decades that followed.
The Chief Justice of SCOTUS acknowledged the leaked draft was genuine but clarified that it does not represent the decision of SCOTUS or the final position of any member on the case. Still, it looks like SCOTUS is all set to overturn Roe v. Wade. This means that states could again legislate against abortion and even criminalise the same.
This is a very, very dangerous situation for American women. Once Roe v. Wade is overturned, several states would severely restrict abortions or even ban them outright with harsh penalties for violators. Women in several states would lose all access to safe abortions by trained medical personnel. Untrained quacks would be back in business with back alley abortions and some women may even resort to performing abortions on themselves.
All this would take a serious toll on the physical, mental, emotional and reproductive well-being of women. The suicide rate would go up for pregnant women and more unwanted and unloved children would be brought into this world. Pathetic! Sickening! Abhorrent!
The Chief Justice of SCOTUS acknowledged the leaked draft was genuine but clarified that it does not represent the decision of SCOTUS or the final position of any member on the case. Still, it looks like SCOTUS is all set to overturn Roe v. Wade. This means that states could again legislate against abortion and even criminalise the same.
This is a very, very dangerous situation for American women. Once Roe v. Wade is overturned, several states would severely restrict abortions or even ban them outright with harsh penalties for violators. Women in several states would lose all access to safe abortions by trained medical personnel. Untrained quacks would be back in business with back alley abortions and some women may even resort to performing abortions on themselves.
All this would take a serious toll on the physical, mental, emotional and reproductive well-being of women. The suicide rate would go up for pregnant women and more unwanted and unloved children would be brought into this world. Pathetic! Sickening! Abhorrent!
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