Dobbs’ anti-abortion decision joins shameful Supreme Court rulings
“I am no longer a person”.
“I cried for hours this morning.”
“I don’t know what it is to be American.”
These were the reactions of several women friends I talked to about to the radical, dangerous Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday. In overturning 50 years of settled law, the Court did two kinds of grievous harm: first, to every woman in our country and second, to its own legitimacy.
The first harm is obvious. By throwing out long-standing law that the U.S. Constitution protects abortion rights, Dobbs instead subjects women to the whims of politicians in state legislatures, some of whom are even more radical and dangerous than the Court’s decision itself. “Trigger” bans are already going into effect, extremist laws have recently been passed in states like Oklahoma, and vigilant enforcement mechanisms have been passed in states like Texas. These are not laws that women should be subjected to in any free society.
REP. MIKE WEISSMAN: ‘Dobbs’ anti-abortion decision joins shameful Supreme Court rulings