Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade
As expected, the Trump-packed Supreme Court helped overturn Roe v. Wade today, taking away a woman’s ability to make healthcare choices for her own body and rescinding Americans’ constitutional right to privacy. In terms of what they’ll take away next (contraception? marriage equality?), god knows what’s next for this court full of psychotic religious fundamentalists, most of whom were selected by Trump and George W. Bush—neither of whom were elected by a majority of American voters. This country has always been doomed, but today it’s even closer to complete destruction. Via CNBC:
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973.
The court’s controversial but expected ruling gives individual states the power to set their own abortion laws without concern of running afoul of Roe, which had permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.
Almost half the states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, which is related to a highly restrictive new Mississippi abortion law. The laws will affect tens of millions of people around the country, who may have to cross state lines to seek reproductive health care.
