A document that Politico describes as an “initial draft majority opinion” written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests the Supreme Court has decided to strike down Roe v. Wade, the seminal precedent that in 1973 wrested the regulation of abortion from the states and made the procedure lawful throughout the entire United States. The leaking of the…
Supreme Court Has Decided to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Leaked Opinion Suggests
May 2, 2022
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Whitmer Launches Supreme Court Action to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan
Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has asked the state Supreme Court to immediately declare that abortion is a right protected by the Michigan Constitution. The first-term governor, who is seeking reelection this November, used her executive authority to bypass the lower courts in order to expedite the state Supreme Court’s consideration of her lawsuit….
Senate GOP, Manchin Block Bill That Would Have Codified Roe v. Wade
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined Senate Republicans on Monday to block a House-passed bill that would have codified Roe v. Wade. The “Women’s Health Protection Act” (WHPA) was shot down in a 46-48 vote, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold required to end debate on a measure and send it to a simple majority floor…
Confronting the Medical Debate Around After-Birth Abortion
February 3, 2022
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Commentary In November 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in a potentially important abortion case. The case dealt with the constitutional validity of a Mississippi law, the Gestational Age Act, which prohibits abortion procedures after the 15th week of pregnancy. This case is widely regarded as a major test that will settle…
Lawyer Who Argued for Abortion in Roe v. Wade Dies at Age 76
Feminist lawyer Sarah Weddington was the youngest person ever to argue a case before the Supreme Court at age 26. Her efforts saw the pro-abortion Jane Roe argument win the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973. Early Sunday morning, as the Supreme Court is reconsidering the details of U.S. abortion law, the lawyer passed…
One of the Supreme Court’s Worst Decisions Could Be With Us for a Very Long Time
Commentary Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision invalidating most state abortion restrictions, is undoubtedly one of the worst and most poorly reasoned decisions, legally speaking, that the high court has ever handed down. On Dec. 1 the court heard oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, involving a Mississippi law that…
The Abortion Debate’s Absolutism Helps Left-Wing Issues Become Part of the Fabric of the Country’s Existence
You can understand why, when the legality of restrictions on abortion came up before the Supreme Court this week in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the arguments there as well as in the media were all about theoretical matters. At what age does the fetus become viable—that is, able to…
Justice Thomas’s Moment Arrives, as Supreme Court Reviews Abortion Rights
It’s time to retire Charles Baudelaire’s famous aphorism that “the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince you he doesn’t exist.” A century and more after the destruction of European Christian civilization during World War I, the world has had ample opportunity to admire his handiwork, from the killing fields of Flanders to…
EpochTV Review: A Lesson on States’ Rights
Commentary An alarming number of Americans, including many politicians with a “D” next to their names, don’t appear to understand the way our system of government works. They think the United States is a Democracy, not that it employs a democratic system of voting. They think the rights enshrined to us in the Constitution are…
In a Heartbeat: Debating Abortion
Commentary Many would rather avoid a serious discussion of abortion. Some economic conservatives see the issue as a distraction from the serious business of getting elected and getting the economy back on track. Social liberals see such a discussion as itself a threat to a settled right declared by the Supreme Court nearly 50 years…
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