So we are talking on Saturday morning, June 25th.

It is one day after the Dobbs decision that's been anticipated

was released.

And so what did you specifically want to talk about today?

Well, let's start from the basics again, right?

So remember that for almost 50 years,

there has been a constitutionally protected right

to an abortion throughout the United States.

In 1992, the Supreme Court reaffirmed

that the right to an abortion existed

and was protected as a matter of constitutional law.

It also made clear that there were limits.

So after 1992, states could ban abortions

after what it called the point of viability.

That's when the fetus could live outside of the womb. And even then,

states had to allow exceptions to save a person's life or health. And the Supreme Court had said that abortion is a

constitutional and protected right in the same way that rights about marriage,

family, and private relationships are protected.

They're all part of the liberty that's guaranteed to us

from the Constitution's guarantee of due process.

Or as the court once put it, the Constitution protects the freedom to make intimate and personal choices that are central to personal dignity and autonomy.

But that idea about recognizing this family of rights has never been a favorite

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