Commentary
As expected, since the leaking of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in early May, the American Supreme Court has now overturned the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v Casey.
Since Roe v Wade was decided in 1973, America has been fiercely divided into pro-life and pro-choice camps, the opinions of which did not leave much wiggle room for compromise or accommodation. But the Supreme Court has now cut the Gordian knot, ruling that the “liberty” provision in Constitution does not protect a right to privacy, which had been relied upon in Roe v Wade to find a constitutional right to abortion….