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The majority opinion by Justice William O. Douglas set the stage for an end to the protection of unborn children provided by state anti-abortion laws.

The Courts decision in Griswold was a watershed, and remains one of the most controversial decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in modern history...

In the pilfered draft opinion authored by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, he wrote that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were both egregiously wrong when decided, are wrong today and so should be overruled.

For much of human history, privacy as we know it didn’t exist. So how did the concept of privacy become a part of American life?

The recently leaked judicial opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito indicates that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade by the end of June.

I am still waiting for the candidate who vows to restrict campaign ads to 60 days prior to the election. That is the candidate I will vote for.

Reducing one of the most powerful constitutional concepts to an empty idea would represent one of the lowest points in the history of the Supreme Court.

Should we formally bid adieu to the cherished right to privacy? Should we eulogize the constitutional protection that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito offers as “not deeply rooted in the

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The draft decision would not only abolish the federal constitutional right to abortion, but would serve as a starting gun for a race to dismantle the entire edifice of democratic legal reforms in the US.