It’s official: SCOTUS has overturned ‘Roe’
In this photo from Thursday (June 23) an abortion-rights activist protests outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) CHECK THIS POST FOR UPDATES AS WE ADD STATEMENTS RELATED TO THIS DECISION LISA KEEN | Keen News Service In a ruling that is expected to have significant repercussions for LGBT people, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled today (Friday, June 24) that states may ban abortion. The 6-3 decision came in Dobbs v. Jackson, a case in which an abortion clinic challenged a new law in Mississippi that banned abortion at any time after 15 weeks, unless there is a medical emergency or severe fetal abnormality.
In an unprecedented development, a draft of a majority opinion was leaked to the press in early May, indicating that the court was poised to overturn its long-standing decisions protecting the right to abortion.
LGBTQ legal activists were alarmed at the language of that draft decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, saying it lay the groundwork to overturn landmark decisions in support of rights for LGBTQ people.
