Sandra Day O’Connor: The Story Behind Her Appointment and Decisive Abortion Vote
COMMENTARY: President Reagan’s close adviser, William Clark, regretted passing on the chance to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, giving way to the first woman justice.
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Kansans Face First Post-Roe Ballot Test on Abortion in Upcoming Vote on ‘Value Them Both’ Amendment
On Aug. 2, the primary ballot question considers whether the state’s constituents can make decisions about limiting abortion.
Abortion Goes to the States: Legal Expert Discusses State-Level Efforts
Paul Benjamin Linton, a Catholic attorney in Illinois, is author of ‘Abortion Under State Constitutions,’ a comprehensive state-by-state analysis of the status of abortion.
Unpacking Justice Alito’s Soundly Constitutional and Philosophically Coherent Dobbs Opinion
COMMENTARY: Alito’s opinion in Dobbs buries the ‘sweet-mystery’ court preferred by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Dobbs, Roe and the Vindication of American Democracy
In siding with the unborn in Dobbs, the Supreme Court has struck a blow for civil rights as important as the blow it struck in Brown v. Board of Education.
Read About the 5 Supreme Court Justices Who Voted to Overturn Roe v. Wade
'Although the Court declines to wade into these issues today, we cannot avoid them forever,' said Thomas, who added, 'the Constitution itself is silent on abortion."
Dobbs Excerpts: Why the US Supreme Court Said Roe v. Wade Was ‘Egregiously Wrong’
"The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion,” the decision says.
Legal Experts Weigh In on Leak of Supreme Court Draft Opinion Overruling Roe v. Wade
The high court could act quickly, experts say, following the unprecedented leak.
Abortion-Plus? Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Vermont Would Create ‘Reproductive Autonomy’ Right
Pro-abortion legislators are pushing to expand abortion rights further, even though the state already has the most permissive pro-abortion-rights legislation in the nation.
When Joe Biden Saved ‘Roe v. Wade’
COMMENTARY: 1992’s ‘Planned Parenthood v. Casey’ was anything but reprehensible to a senator from Delaware.
