“To ensure that our decision is not misunderstood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” he wrote. Get The Post’s latest updates following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. In his opinion, Alito stressed that the ruling should not be applied to any issue besides abortion. On Friday, the Supreme Court ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights, with Justice Samuel Alito writing an opinion in favor of Mississippi in the case of Dobbs v. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Erich Schlegel Texas decision in Houston, Texas, on June 26, 2003. “If we ignore that and believe this is just two issues that were handed out, this is not an overall plan, that’s a big mistake,” Hizzoner added. “If we ignore what happened to women today, it could happen to members of the LGBTQ+ community tomorrow, immigrants, voting rights, all these issues are in play.” Tyron Garner (left) and John Geddes Lawrence (right) are hugged by a supporter following the Lawrence v. Later Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams ripped Thomas for his opinion, saying: “I believe this is a real plan to - look at all the things that they’ve been waiting to dismantle, taking place.” “Because any substantive due process decision is ‘demonstrably erroneous,’ we have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents,” he wrote. Connecticut decision declared married couples can have access to contraceptives. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision does not directly affect any rights aside from federal abortion access.īut he urged the court to apply the same “Due Process Clause” logic to other substantive landmark cases. The “Due Process Clause” refers to the statement that no one should be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” which appears in both the 5th and 14th Amendments. In the opinion Friday, Thomas acknowledged that the Dobbs v. Casey, which in 1992 upheld the right to abortion. Wade and its sister case, Planned Parenthood v. The same legal argument was also used in Roe v. AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Marcia Goldstein, then publicity director of New York City’s Planned Parenthood chapter, holds a sign advertising birth control information on December 14, 1967. Hodges decision legalized gay marriage in 2015. Anti-abortion protesters celebrate after the Supreme Court overturned the 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Substantive due process refers to the notion that people have fundamental rights that aren’t specifically established in the Constitution. Hodges, a 2015 decision that established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Texas, that forbids states from outlawing consensual gay sex, and Obergefell v. He’s also referencing a 2003 ruling, Lawrence v. Connecticut, that allows married couples to access birth control. The 74-year-old justice was referring to a 1965 ruling, Griswold v. “In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,” he wrote.
The conservative judge wrote that the court should “reconsider” other cases decided on the legal theory of “substantive due process”, including rulings that establish LGBTQ and contraceptive rights. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called for his colleagues to re-examine and potentially overturn rulings that protect gay marriage and access to birth control in an opinion concurring with Friday’s landmark decision ending federal abortion rights. Leaked docs show mask, vaccine mandates debated at teachers convention: report Thanks, Kathy! Twitter users hit Hochul for killing Usher’s ‘watch this’ meme The week in whoppers: Samantha Bee’s incitement, the NYT’s blatant bias and more Biden to take steps to better protect abortion services Friday
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