US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
ebar.comIn a ruling that is expected to have significant repercussions for LGBTQ people, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled 6-3 that the U.S.
Constitution "does not prohibit" states from banning abortion.The decision came in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 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.
It overturns 50 years of precedent established by Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to an abortion.Underscoring the concern that previous LGBTQ rulings could come up for review, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that urges the court to "reconsider all of this court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell." Lawrence v.
Texas struck down state bans against same-sex sexual relations; Obergefell v. Hodges struck state bans against marriage for same-sex couples; and Griswold v.
