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A crucial part of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s draft majority opinion dismantling the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision came at the back end, with a 31-page appendix detailing myriad state abortion bans in effect at the time the court ruled, including some on the books since the early 19th century.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts noted that Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe and Casey’s abortion rights doesn’t represent a final decision in the...

There are a number of unsettled questions and jurisdictional battles that are set to ensue if Roe is overturned.

Two quotes for today: The seven-to-two judgment in Roe v. Wade declared violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment a Texas criminal abortion statute that intolerably shackled a womans autonomy; the Texas law except from criminality only a life-saving procedure on behalf of the . Suppose the Court had stopped there, rightly declaring unconstitutional the most extreme brand of law in the nation, and had not gone on, as the Court did in

Thousands of protestors took to the Wisconsin State Capitol Tuesday to show their support for abortion rights, after a leaked Supreme Court opinion showed the court was likely to overturn

Pro-abortion activists have been taking a sledgehammer to the Courts prestige for the sake of abortion rights for a very long time. That damage may never be fully repaired.

The draft Supreme Court opinion says it is limited to abortion, but advocates say same-sex marriage and birth control cases could be at risk.

The fight over the constitutional right to an abortion will reach its zenith in the coming weeks.

WASHINGTON AFFAIRS: Thirteen states, including Texas, Utah, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, have a so-called “trigger ban” in place, which could go into effect if it is overturned.

The Supreme Court ruling on Friday says it is limited to abortion, but President Biden and advocates say same-sex marriage and contraception cases could also be at risk.