Yes, the Theocrats on the Court Really Are Going to Overturn Roe v. Wade [View all]

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Yes, the Theocrats on the Court Really Are Going to Overturn Roe v. Wade

If you thought they were joking, you weren’t paying attention.

By Elie MystalTwitterTODAY 12:33 AM

Forced-birth advocates are finally about to achieve something they’ve worked toward for decades. It now appears certain that the Supreme Court will revoke abortion rights and return pregnant people to the status of second-class citizens: mere incubators who lack the right to control the fate of their own bodies.

Politico is reporting that it has obtained a draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case that deals with a 15-week abortion ban instituted by the state of Mississippi, a clear violation of Roe v. Wade. The opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito and published in full by Politico, overturns both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes in the leaked draft.

According to the report, four justices have signed on to Alito’s opinion: Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Barrett. The three liberal justices are working on a dissent, and Chief Justice John Roberts is still trying to decide.

It’s highly unusual for a Supreme Court opinion to be leaked before it is released. It’s so unusual that nobody can say for certain how close this draft opinion is to being a reality. But here’s the most important thing to know: Alito was assigned to write the majority opinion, and given that Alito has been one of the greatest enemies of women’s rights since he joined the Supreme Court, it’s safe to say that five justices are comfortable, at least in theory, with the most extreme version of a decision supporting the Mississippi abortion ban. It’s possible that some of the language will change between the draft Politico has obtained and the final version the Supreme Court releases in a few weeks. But one doesn’t assign this opinion to Sam Alito unless the goal is to overturn Roe.

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