Category: abortion

Supreme Court Barricaded in Case of Violence, Police Say

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court police surrounded their building with a set of 9-foot metal barricades sometime late in the evening or early morning on May 5. Shortly after noon, the Supreme Court police were still busy zip-tying placards to the barricades. Two officers had to walk behind a small crowd of shouting pro-abortion demonstrators. “Area Closed…


White House Defends Planned Left-Wing Protest at Homes of Supreme Court Justices

The White House on May 5 defended the right of left-wing pro-abortion activists to protest at the homes of six conservative Supreme Court Justices, and avoided characterizing them as “extreme,” with outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki instead calling for “peaceful protest.” After the leak on Monday of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe…


Pro-Abortion Mob Targets Pro-Life Students in Arizona as Police Stand By

Anthony DeWitt attended a rally outside Arizona’s capitol building in downtown Phoenix on May 3 to support his pro-life beliefs, only to find himself surrounded by an angry mob of leftist protesters and fearing for his life. DeWitt, 20, said he felt sure the protesters would have hurt him if he hadn’t been open-carrying a…


Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade Won’t Have Ripples, Legal Experts Say

News analysis Conservative legal experts consulted by The Epoch Times reject predictions by left-wing lawmakers that if the Supreme Court formally adopts the leaked majority draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, the high court’s conservative majority will follow up by overturning precedents protecting same-sex marriage and civil rights. Roe v. Wade is the seminal…


Jack Posobiec on Leaked Draft Opinion: A Huge Credibility Problem for Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s credibility is at risk depending on whether it caves to leftist demands to ditch a leaked draft ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, according to conservative author and podcast host Jack Posobiec. In an interview with NTD on Wednesday, Posobiec said the most likely scenario would be that a “liberal…


Chief Justice Roberts: Supreme Court Draft Opinion Leak Is ‘Absolutely Appalling’

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said that the leak of the draft ruling that overturns Roe v. Wade is “absolutely appalling” during a public appearance on Thursday. Roberts told a group of lawyers and judges at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference that he doesn’t want the “one bad apple” leaker who released the draft opinion to…


Roe v. Wade Is Inevitably Going Away

Commentary The current uproar over the leaked draft from the U.S. Supreme Court deliberations over abortion—and the rage of the pro-abortion Left over the likelihood that the conservative justices (three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump) will now repeal Roe v. Wade—is in some ways a lot of noise about the inevitable. Roe…


The End of Roe?

Commentary Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the accuracy of a leaked document that revealed an initial majority vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade. In that memo, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the 1973 case overturning restrictive state abortion laws was “egregiously wrong from the start.” So where do the 64 million babies aborted in the United States…


US Senate Hopeful Tim Ryan Supports Practically No Limits on Abortion

Ohio Senate Democratic nominee Tim Ryan said during an appearance on Fox News that he would support having practically no limits on abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Asked by Fox’s Brett Baier whether he would support any limits on abortion, Ryan responded, “Look, I think what…


US Senate Hopeful Tim Ryan on Late-Term Abortion: ‘You Got to Leave It up to the Woman’

Ohio Senate Democratic nominee Tim Ryan said during an appearance on Fox News that he would support having practically no limits on abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Asked by Fox’s Brett Baier whether he would support any limits on abortion, Ryan responded, “Look, I think what…