Posted on May 13, 2022
How the Supreme Court's draft opinion takes a selective view of the history of abortion rights
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The draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade cites a tradition of laws criminalizing abortion. But that's not the whole history.
Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with Leslie Reagan, a history professor at the University of Illinois and author of "When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States."
Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with Leslie Reagan, a history professor at the University of Illinois and author of "When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States."
How the Supreme Court's draft opinion takes a selective view of the history of abortion rights
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Supreme Court
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American History
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But this would not create a federal law making abortion a crime. It will just return the authority to regulate it to the States. This was never an enumerated power of the federal government.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
Neither is your right to marry the person of your choice, following Alito's logic.
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MAJ James Woods
We all remember when slavery and civil rights were left up to the States. That went so well. The right to privacy and individual's choice when it comes to medical decisions shouldn't be dictated by a govt at any level unless it endangers society. Instead, gerrymandered states to ensure partisan political control wants to be the deciding voice opposed to the near 70% of Americans that support the current law.
By the way, McConnell suggested passing a federal ban on abortion once GOP controls government; so the intent to criminalize it at federal level is there.
By the way, McConnell suggested passing a federal ban on abortion once GOP controls government; so the intent to criminalize it at federal level is there.
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